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one-sidedness
| Main Entry: |
one-sidedness
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| 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: | favoritism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bias, partiality |
| Synonyms: | discrimination, inclination, inequity, nepotism, one-sidedness, partisanship, preference, preferential treatment, unfairness |
| Antonyms: | fairness, impartiality, justice |
| Main Entry: | inequality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prejudice; lack of balance |
| Synonyms: | asperity, bias, contrast, difference, discrimination, disparity, disproportion, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, diversity, imparity, incommensurateness, injustice, irregularity, one-sidedness, partisanship, preferentiality, roughness, unequivalence, unevenness, unfairness, unjustness, variation |
| Antonyms: | balance, equality, evenness, similarity |
| Main Entry: | nepotism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | favoritism |
| Synonyms: | bias, discrimination, inequity, one-sidedness, partiality, partisanship, preference, preferential treatment |
| 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: | racism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prejudice against an ethnic group |
| Synonyms: | apartheid, bias, bigotry, discrimination, illiberality, one-sidedness, partiality, racialism, sectarianism, segregation, unfairness |
| Main Entry: | slant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | particular opinion |
| Synonyms: | angle, attitude, bias, direction, emphasis, judgment, leaning, one-sidedness, outlook, point of view, predilection, predisposition, prejudice, prepossession, sentiment, side, standpoint, view, viewpoint |
| 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: | 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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