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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme devotion to a belief or nation |
| Synonyms: | bellicism, ethnocentricity, fanatical patriotism, fanaticism, jingoism, narrowness, nationalism, zealotry |
| Antonyms: | unbias |
| Main Entry: | patriotism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | love of one's country |
| Synonyms: | allegiance, chauvinism, flag-waving, loyalty, nationalism, public spirit |
| Main Entry: | prejudice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief without basis, information; intolerance |
| Synonyms: | ageism, animosity, antipathy, apartheid, aversion, bad opinion, bias, bigotry, chauvinism, contemptuousness, detriment, discrimination, disgust, dislike, displeasure, disrelish, enmity, foregone conclusion, illiberality, injustice, jaundiced eye, mindset, misjudgment, narrow-mindedness, one-sidedness, partiality, pique, preconceived notion, preconception, prejudgment, prepossession, racism, repugnance, revulsion, sexism, slant, spleen, tilt, twist, umbrage, unfairness, warp, xenophobia |
| Notes: | a person's bias is based on facts, but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examining the facts |
| Antonyms: | fairness, justice, regard, respect, tolerance |
| Main Entry: | sexism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sex discrimination |
| Synonyms: | bias, bigotry, chauvinism, inequality, inequity, partiality, prejudice |
| Main Entry: | jaundice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bias |
| Synonyms: | bent*, bigotry, chauvinism, disposition, favoritism, flash*, head-set, illiberality, inclination, intolerance, leaning, mind trip, mind-set, narrowmindedness, one-sidedness, penchant, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, prepossess, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, spin, standpoint, tendency, tilt, turn, unfairness, viewpoint, warp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | one-sidedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bias |
| Synonyms: | bent*, bigotry, chauvinism, disposition, favoritism, flash*, head-set, illiberality, inclination, intolerance, leaning, mind trip, mind-set, narrowmindedness, partiality, partisanship, penchant, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, spin, standpoint, tendency, tendentiousness, tilt, turn, unfairness, viewpoint |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | partisanship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bias |
| Synonyms: | bent*, bigotry, chauvinism, disposition, favoritism, flash*, head-set, illiberality, inclination, intolerance, leaning, mind trip, mind-set, narrowmindedness, one-sidedness, partiality, penchant, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, spin, standpoint, tendency, tendentiousness, tilt, turn, unfairness, viewpoint |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prepossession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bias |
| Synonyms: | bent*, bigotry, chauvinism, disposition, favoritism, flash*, head-set, illiberality, inclination, intolerance, leaning, mind trip, mind-set, narrowmindedness, one-sidedness, partiality, partisanship, penchant, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, proclivity, proneness, propensity, spin, standpoint, tendency, tendentiousness, tilt, turn, unfairness, viewpoint |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tendentiousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bias |
| Synonyms: | bent*, bigotry, chauvinism, disposition, favoritism, flash*, head-set, illiberality, inclination, intolerance, leaning, mind trip, mind-set, narrowmindedness, one-sidedness, partiality, partisanship, penchant, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, spin, standpoint, tendency, tilt, turn, unfairness, viewpoint |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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