bias

     

Bias is a term use to describe a tendency or preference towards a particular perspective, ideology or result. All information and points of view can generate some form of bias. A person is generally said to be biased if a reasonable observer would conclude that the person is markedly influenced by inner biases, rendering it unlikely for them to be able to be objective. In careful usage bias refers to a belief that leads to a false judgment.

Trivia about bias

  • I'm especially "partial" to this word for a line cut diagonally across the grain of a cloth
  • A prejudice, or a diagonal line across a woven fabric
  • We're not being prejudiced; it's a line diagonal to the grain of a fabric

Found pages about bias