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puolueellisuus — 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.
  • partisanship noun An inclination to be partisan or biased; partiality.
  • preference noun A liking for one thing over another.

Senses

puolueellisuus is used for these senses in English:

  • bias (countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.
  • one-sidedness The state of being one-sided; partiality, bias.
  • partisanship An inclination to be partisan or biased; partiality.
  • preference A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.

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.

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