biased
Leaning one way
Biased means having a prejudice or inclination that prevents fair judgment.
A biased jury cannot weigh evidence impartially.
A biased news source favors one perspective.
The word often implies unfairness: The hiring process was biased against older applicants.
Someone can be biased toward something they favor or biased against something they oppose.
Stubbornly intolerant of others
- intolerantRejecting differing beliefs
- racistOne prejudiced by ethnicity
- sexistBiased based on gender
- discriminatoryShowing unfair distinction
xenophobic · homophobic · ableist · chauvinist · sectarian · ethnocentric · stereotyping · misogynistic
Preferential treatment of some
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- preferentialGiven special advantage
- one-sidedUnfairly weighted toward one
- partisanBiased toward one side
nepotistic · lopsided · unbalanced · unfair · inequitable · weighted · tilted · uneven
Asymmetrically shifted
- slantedAngled from vertical
- misrepresentedConveyed inaccurately or deceptively
- manipulatedControlled through cunning
- warpedBent out of true
twisted · misleading · loaded · weighted · unrepresentative · cherry-picked · doctored · filtered
Oblique angle or bias
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- spinRapid rotation around axis
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
- viewpointWay of seeing things
stance · interpretation · lens · narrative · skew · perspective · one-sidedness · tendentiousness
bigoted
Stubbornly intolerant of others
- intolerantRejecting differing beliefs
- racistOne prejudiced by ethnicity
- sexistBiased based on gender
discriminatory · xenophobic · homophobic · ableist · chauvinist · sectarian · ethnocentric · stereotyping · misogynistic · classist
favoritism
Preferential treatment of some
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- preferentialGiven special advantage
- one-sidedUnfairly weighted toward one
partisan · nepotistic · lopsided · unbalanced · unfair · inequitable · weighted · tilted · uneven · selective
skewed
Asymmetrically shifted
- slantedAngled from vertical
- misrepresentedConveyed inaccurately or deceptively
- manipulatedControlled through cunning
warped · twisted · misleading · loaded · weighted · unrepresentative · cherry-picked · doctored · filtered · spun
slant
Oblique angle or bias
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- spinRapid rotation around axis
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
viewpoint · stance · interpretation · lens · narrative · skew · perspective · one-sidedness · tendentiousness · selectivity
- unfairnessunfair, unjust, unequal, inequitable, one-sided
- favoritismfavoritism, nepotism, cronyism, partiality, preferential treatment
- intolerantbigoted, prejudiced, discriminatory, intolerant, narrow-minded
- biasedsubjective, slanted, partisan, prejudiced, opinionated
- viewpoint traitsimpartial, objective, neutral, subjective, fair
- probabilityprobability, chance, random, randomness, odds
biasedimpartial
Showing no preference
unbiased · fair · objective · neutral · evenhanded
biaseddispassionate
Free from emotional involvement
detached · impersonal · unemotional · distant · clinical
biasedopen-minded
Receptive to different ideas
receptive · reasonable · rational · judicious · evidence-based
- gender biasesPrejudices based on sex
- gender biasPrejudice based on sex
- media biasSkewed news presentation
- confirmation biasPreferring belief-supporting information
- racial biasPrejudice based on ethnicity
- hindsight biasIllusion of prior knowledge