n. 1 prejudice, partiality; inclination, leaning, bent, disposition, propensity, tendency, predilection, predisposition, proclivity She shows a marked bias in favour of the Irish 2 angle, slant, diagonal Cut the fabric on the bias 3 influence, impulse, weight If he is under any bias, it is on the side of fairness
v. 4 influence, affect unduly or unfairly, sway, incline, prejudice, colour, taint, predispose Artists are seldom good critics of art because they have been biased