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neiging — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bias noun An unfair leaning toward or against something, often without a person even realizing it.
  • inclination noun A tendency or preference to think or act in a certain way.
  • penchant noun A strong liking or natural tendency toward something.
  • predilection noun A condition of favoring or liking; a tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.
  • proclivity noun A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.
  • propensity noun A natural tendency or inclination to behave or think in a particular way.
  • tendency noun A natural inclination to behave or happen in a particular way.
  • trend noun A general direction in which something is developing or changing over time.

Senses

neiging is used for these senses in English:

  • bias (countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.
  • inclination A tendency.
  • predilection A condition of favoring or liking; a tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.
  • proclivity A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.
  • propensity An inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction.
  • trend An inclination in a particular direction.

bias — full definition

  1. noun An unfair leaning toward or against something, often without a person even realizing it.
  2. noun A diagonal direction across woven fabric, cut at 45 degrees to the straight threads.
  3. noun In statistics, a systematic error that skews a measurement or estimate away from the true value.
  4. verb To unfairly influence someone or something in a particular direction.

inclination — full definition

  1. noun A tendency or preference to think or act in a certain way.
  2. noun A slope, tilt, or angle away from the horizontal or vertical.

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