Noun

• S: (n) bias (bias%1:09:00::), prejudice (prejudice%1:09:01::), preconception (preconception%1:09:01::) (a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) taboo (taboo%1:09:00::), tabu (tabu%1:09:00::) (a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature)
• S: (n) irrational hostility (irrational_hostility%1:09:00::) (extreme prejudice)
• S: (n) experimenter bias (experimenter_bias%1:09:00::) ((psychology) bias introduced by an experimenter whose expectations about the outcome of the experiment can be subtly communicated to the participants in the experiment)
• S: (n) homophobia (homophobia%1:09:00::) (prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality)
• S: (n) Islamophobia (islamophobia%1:09:00::) (prejudice against Muslims) "Muslim intellectuals are afraid of growing Islamophobia in the West"
• S: (n) racism (racism%1:09:00::) (the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races)
• S: (n) anti-Semitism (anti-semitism%1:09:00::), antisemitism (antisemitism%1:09:00::) (the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people)
• S: (n) white supremacy (white_supremacy%1:09:00::) (the prejudice that members of the white race are superior to members of other races)
• S: (n) tendentiousness (tendentiousness%1:09:00::) (an intentional and controversial bias)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) partiality (partiality%1:09:00::), partisanship (partisanship%1:09:00::) (an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives)
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) diagonal (diagonal%1:25:00::), bias (bias%1:25:00::) (a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form

Verb

• S: (v) bias (bias%2:33:00::) (influence in an unfair way) "you are biasing my choice by telling me yours"
• S: (v) bias (bias%2:31:00::), predetermine (predetermine%2:31:01::) (cause to be biased)

Adjective

• S: (adj) bias (bias%3:00:00:oblique:00) (slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric) "a bias fold"