All 3 Uses of
bias
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- In fact, one may say pretty certainly that the masculine, as distinguished from the feminine, part of the audience were biased against the prisoner.†
Chpt 12 *
- Oh! this has so much influence, it can so bias the mind; but, gentlemen of the jury, can it bias your minds?†
Chpt 12
- Oh! this has so much influence, it can so bias the mind; but, gentlemen of the jury, can it bias your minds?†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(bias) a personal preference -- especially a prejudice that prevents objective consideration
or:
any tendency to move in a particular direction -- such as a car that tends to want to swerve toward the right