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bias

nounCommon GRE wordMore B words

a prejudice or inclination that prevents impartial judgment

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In a sentence

Bias in a sentence

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The study was criticized for a bias toward urban respondents.

Synonyms
prejudicepartialitypredispositionslant
Antonyms
impartialityfairness

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The novelist's late style is admired precisely for its blank: every superfluous phrase has been pared away, leaving prose of startling economy.

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Bias (noun) means a prejudice or inclination that prevents impartial judgment
Here is bias used in an example sentence: "The study was criticized for a bias toward urban respondents."
Common synonyms for bias include prejudice, partiality, predisposition, slant.
Antonyms of bias include impartiality, fairness.
Bias is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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