Synonyms:
bias
Meaning: slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric; "a bias fold"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
bias, prejudice, preconception
Meaning: a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
Usage examples
But most women have an emotional bias towards having their husband's children.
Men, upon too many occasions, do not give their own understandings fair play; but, yielding to some untoward bias, they entangle themselves in words and confound themselves in subtleties.
So numerous indeed and so powerful are the causes which serve to give a false bias to the judgment, that we, upon many occasions, see wise and good men on the wrong as well as on the right side of questions of the first magnitude to society.