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Definition
a personal preference — especially a prejudice that prevents objective consideration
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any tendency to move in a particular direction — such as a car that tends to want to swerve toward the right
or:
any tendency to move in a particular direction — such as a car that tends to want to swerve toward the right
- And she held that what her conscience had decided for her when her mind was unbiassed ought not to be overruled now.4 — The Consequence (32% in)
- They were not worldly young fellows, but fraternizing with dairy-folk would have struck unpleasantly upon their biased niceness, apart from their views of the match.4 — The Consequence (82% in)
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- The pair of legs that carried him were rickety, and there was a bias in his gait which inclined him somewhat to the left of a straight line.1 — The Maiden (0% in)
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