What is another word for Biases?

Pronunciation: [bˈa͡ɪəsɪz] (IPA)

Biases are internal feelings of preference or inclination towards certain things or people over others. These biases can affect our decisions and judgments, which is why it's important to address and adjust them accordingly. Some synonyms to the word biases include prejudices, preconceptions, partiality, favoritism, discrimination, and predisposition. Understanding and acknowledging our biases can help us become more aware of our thought patterns and enable us to make more informed decisions. By recognizing these synonyms for biases, we can fight and overcome our personal biases to ensure that we're making objective and fair decisions.

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Usage examples for Biases

Whether Hutchinson, in his youth, received from any source special mental Biases which inclined him to regard all who suffered for witchcraft as quarrelsome and vicious, cannot now be ascertained; but it is obvious from his epithets that his disposition let him very readily apply to such persons terms of very decided disparagement.
"Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism"
Allen Putnam
But those who admit the utility of the one, and laugh at the other, show themselves to be not wise but prejudiced, not learned but one-sided, and prove that their want of belief in religion Biases their intelligence, predisposing them to reject from the hand of religion that which they accept from the hand of science.
"Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries"
Annie Besant
There were histories with political Biases such as the Earl of Clarendon's "History of the Great Rebellion".
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly

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