unconscious biasn.

1784 Eng. Rev. Dec. 460 He writes under a visible, but probably an unconscious bias in favour of aristocracy, derived, as it should seem, from a too great partiality for the precepts of antiquity.

1829 U.S. Tel. 8 Dec. 2/3 Conscience itself may be deluded; may be misled by an unconscious bias, into acts which an enlightened conscience would forbid.

1906 M. MacColl Royal Comm. & Ornaments Rubric Introd. p. lv I submit that the Judicial Committee has proved itself utterly incompetent as a Final Court of Appeal in ecclesiastical causes. Policy, prejudice, unconscious bias, ignorance, have presided over its ecclesiastical judgments.

1954 E. H. Dance History without Bias? 15 [The enquiry was to examine] textbooks for the 11-15 age group, and to seek ‘to discover whether they accorded fair and adequate treatment to the different human groups within the nation—racial, national, social, cultural, religious—or whether through inaccuracy, omission, exaggeration or unconscious bias they tended to promote intolerant attitudes and perpetuate misconceptions.’

1989 D. L. Rhode Justice & Gender (1991) viii. 170 Unconscious bias..appeared in a 1970s survey of letters of recommendation for female graduate school applicants. Comments included: ‘Pretty she's not, but pleasant and sparkly and energetic she is.’

2020 Impact News Service (Nexis) 12 Mar. We're keen to..be more inclusive in our recruitment practices, training our staff to challenge their own unconscious bias.