biasnessn.
/ˈbʌɪəsnəs/, U.S. /ˈbaɪəsnəs/ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] > quality of being oblique
obliquity?a1425
shoringness1567
biasness1611
obliqueness1611
diagonality1859
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Biaiseure, slopenesse, byasnesse, obliquenesse, or obliquitie.
2. The fact or quality of being biased towards someone; partiality or favouritism towards a particular person or thing. Cf. bias n. 3c.
ΘΚΠ
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
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > a tendency
spirita1425
inclination1526
bias?1571
vein1585
habitude1603
ply1605
nitency1662
result1663
tend1663
penchant1673
nisus1699
hank1721
squint1736
patent1836
subjectivism1845
lurch1854
biasness1872
tilt1975
1872 Philadelphia Inquirer 12 Aug. 2/1 There is hardly an individual, or a child even..who has not had an inkling of this fated messenger of ethereal destruction, or is so monstrously stultified with prejudicial biasness and hopeless incredulity as to stoically and sordidly shut away every thought of suspicion.
1910 Railroad Trainman Jan. 241/1 What could do more to create class strife..than such jealousy and biasness?
1994 Amer. Jrnl. Agric. Econ. 76 737/2 Systematic errors could bias estimates, and this potential biasness should be kept in mind.
2017 Nation (Pakistan) (Nexis) 4 June Mere allegations are not enough to prove biasness or partiality of members of the Joint Investigation Team.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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