2021-05-29
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – B – bias & biased
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง bias = ‘BAHY-uhs’
ออกเสียง biased = ‘BAHY-uhst’
British spelling = ‘biassed’
Dictionary.com
SYNONYM STUDY FOR BIAS
Bias, prejudice
mean a strong inclination of the mind
or a preconceived opinion about something or someone.
A bias may be favorable or unfavorable:
bias in favor of or against an idea.
Prejudice implies
a preformed judgment even more unreasoning than bias,
and usually implies an unfavorable opinion:
prejudice against people of another religion.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choosethe Right Synonym for bias
Noun
PREDILECTION, PREPOSSESSION, PREJUDICE, BIAS
mean an attitudeof mind that predisposes one to favor something.
PREDILECTION implies a strong liking
deriving fromone's temperament or experience.
a predilection for travel
PREPOSSESSION suggests a fixed conception likely
to preclude objective judgment of anything counter to it.
a prepossession against technology
PREJUDICE usually implies an unfavorable prepossession and
connotes a feelingrooted in suspicion, fear, or intolerance.
a mindless prejudice against the unfamiliar
BIAS implies an unreasoned and unfair distortion of judgment
in favor of or againsta person or thing.
a strong bias toward the plaintiff
Verb
INCLINE, BIAS, DISPOSE, PREDISPOSE
mean to influence one to have or take an attitude toward something.
INCLINE implies a tendency to favor one of two or more actions or conclusions.
I incline to agree
BIAS suggests a settled and predictable leaning in one direction and connotes unfairprejudice.
the experience biased him against foreigners
DISPOSE suggests an affecting of one's mood or temper so as to incline one toward something.
her nature disposes her to trust others
PREDISPOSE implies the operation of a disposing influence well in advance of the opportunity to manifest itself.
does fictional violence predispose them to accept real violence?
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Bias vs. Biased
Verb
In recent years,
we have seen more evidence of the adjectival bias
in constructions like “a bias news program”
instead ofthe more usual “a biased news program.”
The reason is likely because of aural confusion:
the -ed of biased may be filtered out by hearers,
which means that bias and biased
can sound similar in the context of normalspeech.
They are not interchangeable, however.
The adjective that means
“exhibited or characterized by an unreasoned judgment” is biased (“a biased news story”).
There is an adjective bias, butit means “diagonal”
and is used only of fabrics (“a bias cut across the fabric”).
Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary
Bias & biased
A person who is influenced by a biasis biased.
The expression is not “they’re bias,” but“they’re biased.”
Also, many people say someone is
“biased toward” something or someone when they mean biased against.
To have a bias toward
something is to be biased in its favor.
