biassed
Leaning one way
Biassed is a British spelling variant of biased, meaning having or showing prejudice or preference: The judge was biassed against the defendant.
The double-s spelling follows British conventions for forming past tenses of verbs ending in a consonant, though biased with one s predominates even in British usage.
Preferential treatment of some
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
- cronyismFavoring friends in appointments
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- preferentialGiven special advantage
one-sided · unbalanced · lopsided · partisan · selective · unfair · inequitable · weighted
Stubbornly intolerant of others
- discriminatoryShowing unfair distinction
- racistOne prejudiced by ethnicity
- sexistBiased based on gender
- homophobicPrejudiced against gay people
xenophobic · intolerant · chauvinistic · sectarian · ethnocentric · jingoistic · narrow-minded · parochial
Asymmetrically shifted
- distortedMisshapen from original form
- unrepresentativeNot reflecting the whole
- flawedHaving faults or imperfections
- manipulatedControlled through cunning
weighted · sampling · systematic · confounded · unreliable · invalid · misleading · erroneous
favoritism
Preferential treatment of some
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
- cronyismFavoring friends in appointments
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
preferential · one-sided · unbalanced · lopsided · partisan · selective · unfair · inequitable · weighted · skewed
bigoted
Stubbornly intolerant of others
- discriminatoryShowing unfair distinction
- racistOne prejudiced by ethnicity
- sexistBiased based on gender
homophobic · xenophobic · intolerant · chauvinistic · sectarian · ethnocentric · jingoistic · narrow-minded · parochial · close-minded
skewed
Asymmetrically shifted
- distortedMisshapen from original form
- unrepresentativeNot reflecting the whole
- flawedHaving faults or imperfections
manipulated · weighted · sampling · systematic · confounded · unreliable · invalid · misleading · erroneous · corrupted
biassedimpartial
Showing no preference
unbiased · fair · neutral · even-handed · unprejudiced
biassedobjective
Purpose or goal
unbiased · dispassionate · impartial · unprejudiced · detached
biassedopen-minded
Receptive to different ideas
unprejudiced · receptive · broad-minded · balanced · fair-minded