bias

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of BIAS

to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge <bad reviews biased her against the movie, even though it starred one of her favorite actors>

Synonyms bias, poison, turn

Related Words dispose, incline, predispose; influence, prepossess; convince, persuade, suggest

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