cultural bias
Preferring one's culture
Cultural bias is the tendency to interpret or judge other cultures according to the standards of one's own.
It shapes what seems normal, correct, or valuable: The test showed cultural bias toward Western educational norms.
Unlike prejudice, cultural bias often operates unconsciously—built into institutions, research methods, and everyday assumptions that favor dominant cultural perspectives.
Non-members of one's group
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- chauvinismMilitant devotion to group
- jingoismBellicose extreme patriotism
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
insularity · parochialism · provincialism · Eurocentrism · Afrocentrism · exceptionalism · tribalism · othering
Unjust differential treatment
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
sexism · stereotyping · microaggression · colorism · classism · ableism · exclusion · marginalization
Comprehensive belief framework
- assumptionsUnproven things taken as true
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
- socializationInternalizing cultural norms
enculturation · values · norms · beliefs · presupposition · mindset · mental model · perspective
Deriving principles from examples
- oversimplificationStripping complexity unfairly
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- tropeRecurring narrative device
- typecastRepeatedly assigned similar roles
pigeonhole · label · cliché · stigma · misconception · myth · essentializing · reductionism
outgroup
Non-members of one's group
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- chauvinismMilitant devotion to group
- jingoismBellicose extreme patriotism
nativism · insularity · parochialism · provincialism · Eurocentrism · Afrocentrism · exceptionalism · tribalism · othering · hegemony
discrimination
Unjust differential treatment
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
racism · sexism · stereotyping · microaggression · colorism · classism · ableism · exclusion · marginalization · scapegoating
worldview
Comprehensive belief framework
- assumptionsUnproven things taken as true
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
socialization · enculturation · values · norms · beliefs · presupposition · mindset · mental model · perspective · frame of reference
generalization
Deriving principles from examples
- oversimplificationStripping complexity unfairly
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- tropeRecurring narrative device
typecast · pigeonhole · label · cliché · stigma · misconception · myth · essentializing · reductionism · homogenization
- biasprejudice, racism, bigotry, sexism, ageism
- biaseshalo effect, horn effect
- Prejudiceprejudice, bigotry, intolerance, racism, sexism
- culturemusic taste, beliefs, food preferences, custom, festivals
- school problemsdropout rates, overcrowding, school funding, budget cuts, bullying
- racismracism, white supremacy, racial discrimination, bigotry, racial prejudice
cultural biasobjectivity
Freedom from personal bias
impartiality · neutrality · fairness · even-handedness · fair-mindedness
cultural biasuniversalism
Doctrine of total reconciliation
cosmopolitanism · cultural relativism · cross-cultural understanding · global perspective · humanism
culture, bias, cultural, cultures, multicultural, culturally, acculturation, multiculturalism, intercultural