Noun

(countable, uncountable) inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection

* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 4.

nature has pointed out a mixed kind of life as most suitable to the human race, and secretly admonished them to allow none of these biasses to draw too much

* John Locke

Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to all their actions.

(countable, textiles) the diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric

(countable, textiles) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

(electronics) a voltage or current applied for example to a transistor electrode

(statistics) the difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it

(sports) In the game of crown green bowls: a weight added to one side of a bowl so that as it rolls, it will follow a curved rather than a straight path; the oblique line followed by such a bowl; the lopsided shape or structure of such a bowl.

* Sir Walter Scott

there is a concealed bias within the spheroid

Noun

The belief that people of one sex or gender are inherently superior to people of the other sex or gender.

The notion that either gender is superior is sexism .

Different treatment or discrimination based on a difference of sex or gender.

The fact that there is only one woman in a management position in that company makes it easy to believe that sexism runs rampant there.

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Disadvantage or unequal opportunity arising from the cultural dominance of one gender over the other.

In order to succeed in fashion, men generally must acquire various feminine traits, which only points out the underlying sexism .

Promotion or expectation or assumption of people to behave in accordance with or deviate from a gender role.

Hollywood contributes to sexism in our society by making and promoting violent films for men and romantic comedies for women.