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Biased against or biased towards?
Is the correct phrase "biased against" or "biased towards"? Do they mean the same thing? Or does one mean "biased in favor of" and the other "biased against", or are they interchangeable?
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[nq:1]Is the correct phrase "biased against" or "biased towards"? Do they mean the same thing? [/nq] I'd avoid "biased towards" because of the confusion, although it's usually clear what it means from the context.
- [nq:1]Is the correct phrase "biased against" or "biased towards"?
- Do they mean the same thing?
- [/nq] I'd avoid "biased towards" because of the confusion, although it's usually clear what it means from the context.
- Generally speaking, it does mean "biased in favour of" but colloquially speaking there are people who understand "biased" as a negative word and will use "biased towards" negatively, on the pattern of "unhappy towards", "violent towards" and so on.
- Adrian -- b.
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[nq:1]Is the correct phrase "biased against" or "biased towards"? Do they mean the same thing? Or does one mean "biased in favor of" and the other "biased against", or are they interchangeable?[/nq]
I'd avoid "biased towards" because of the confusion, although it's usually clear what it means from the context. Generally speaking, it does mean "biased in favour of" but colloquially speaking th
I'd avoid "biased towards" because of the confusion, although it's usually clear what it means from the context. Generally speaking, it does mean "biased in favour of" but colloquially speaking th
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