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Bias
BI'AS, n.
1. A weight on the side of a bowl which turns it from a straight line.
2. A leaning of the mind; inclination; prepossession; propensity towards an object, not leaving the mind indifferent; as, education gives a bias to the mind.
3. That which causes the mind to lean or incline from a state of indifference, to a particular object or course.
BI'AS, v.t. To incline to one side; to warp; to give a particular direction to the mind; to prejudice; to prepossess. The judgment is often biassed by interest.
This word is used by Shakespeare as an adverb, bias and thwart,i.e. aslope; and as an adjective.
Blow till they bias cheek
Outswell the cholic of puft Aquilon.
bias appears in definitions for these words:
Bennet Bias Biasing Candid Clear Disinterestedness Dispassionate Distempered Draw Embraced Equal Err Esteem Evenly Favor Impartial Impartiality Impartially Independence Independent Independently Indifference Indifferently Judgment Morally Neutral Partial Partiality Partially Ply Prejudicate Prejudice Prejudiced Prejudicial Prepossess Respect Respecter Sway Swayed Swaying Unbias Unbiased Unbiasedness Uninfluenced Unprejudiced Unprepossessed Unswayed Unwarped
Bennet Bias Biasing Candid Clear Disinterestedness Dispassionate Distempered Draw Embraced Equal Err Esteem Evenly Favor Impartial Impartiality Impartially Independence Independent Independently Indifference Indifferently Judgment Morally Neutral Partial Partiality Partially Ply Prejudicate Prejudice Prejudiced Prejudicial Prepossess Respect Respecter Sway Swayed Swaying Unbias Unbiased Unbiasedness Uninfluenced Unprejudiced Unprepossessed Unswayed Unwarped
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