one-sidednessn.
/ˌwʌnˈsʌɪdᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈwənˈsaɪdᵻdnᵻs/ The quality of being one-sided; lopsidedness; bias, partiality.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > asymmetry
dextrality1646
asymmetry1664
one-sidedness1830
lopsidedness1843
dissymmetry1844
unsymmetry1867
sidedness1888
society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun] > partiality
acceptionc1384
favour1393
accepting of persons (also faces)1395
acceptation of personsc1400
partiality1421
acceptance of persons1531
affecta1547
affection1547
partialness1561
prosopolepsy1646
favouritism1763
one-sidedness1830
biasness1872
1830 R. H. Dana Poems & Prose Writings 233 For he did not enough consider that temperance is a distinguishing trait of Christianity, and is not to be confounded with that cheaper one, abstinence, whose tendency is to impart one-sidedness to character.
1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 246/2 What has been aptly termed one-sidedness of mind.
1893 J. Orr Christian View God ii. 55 Opposite one-sidednesses correct each other.
1931 F. L. Allen Only Yesterday ix. 230 But his books were all the more widely devoured for their very one-sidedness.
1977 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 13 Apr. 13/6 To avoid accusations of one-sidedness and to round out the image of his subject, Dr. Abrahamsen spoke to a number of Mr. Nixon's admirers.
1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 8 June 18 One-sidedness is the enemy of perspective.
2000 H. Petersma Phenomenol. Epistemol. ii. 68 The realism of perception, then, is due to its one-sidedness, its failure to inquire into its own transcendental conditions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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