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  1. noun A line going diagonally across the grain of fabric: Cut the cloth on the bias.
  2. noun A preference or an inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment.
  3. noun An unfair act or policy stemming from prejudice.
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  • And this bias is a continuation of decades of anti-white propaganda of the kind embodied in Susan Sontag's famous 1967 line, "The white race is the cancer of human history." —  American Thinker
  • One of the most prevalent examples of media bias is the use of certain words that mischaracterize Israeli or Palestinian actions.
  • And honestly, if the bias were the same, but in favor of the conservative candidate, I would be just as put off by it. —  FTM
  • But notice how the media bias is actually hurting The One and help McCain. —  Bloodthirsty Liberal
  • Really, complaining about media bias is the sports equivalent to visiting Alabama and complaining about the refs. —  LogiPundit
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. French biais, slant, from Provençal, perhaps ultimately from Greek epikarsios, slanted; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also biass, byas, biace, biais, from F. (and Old French) biais, a slant, a slope, = Provencal biais = Old Catalan biais, Catalan biax = Italian s-biescio, dial. biasciu, sbias, bias (cf. also Italian bieco, squinting, oblique, bias); origin unknown; hardly from Late Latin bifacem, accusative of bifax, squinting (cf. Middle Latin bifucius, two-faced), from Latin bi-, two-, + facies, face.
  2. Early modern English also biass, biace, byas (cf. French biaiser = Provencal biaisar); from the noun.
 

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