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Zwqing Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Biasedness or biasness?

Which one should I use? Do they differ in meaning or usage? Thanks in advance...
  

Top answer

Neither. The correct word is "bias".

  • Neither.
  • The correct word is "bias".
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Neither. The correct word is "bias".
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Example: He showed huge bias in his choice of actor.

Example: He was biased in his choice of actor.
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I agree with Eimai_Anglos. You only need the word "bias".

I would consider "biasness" to be wrong in any situation. You might possibly be able to justify the use "biasedness" for reasons of style (e.g. parallel structure), but as a general rule I would recommend not using either one of those words.
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Biased is an adjective. Bias is the noun. Neither biasedness nor biasness -- bias.
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AnonymousBias is the noun
Exactly, Anon. And that's what makes adding -ness to the word bias so wrong. The suffix -ness is used to create nouns from adjectives and participles.
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Biasness is actually okay.

http://www.morewords.com/word/biasness/
http://www.wordnik.com/words/biasness

I don't know how legitimate these sources are, though.
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Biasedness doesn't exist.

Biasness is an obsolete word and is not used any more.
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Wrong, biasedness is still very much used today.
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AnonymousWrong, biasedness is still very much used today.
Where to you live?
I'm in the US and I have never heard or read the word "biasedness."
It's not in any of the 31 on-line English dictionaries.
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I'm British and I have never heard or read the word "biasedness."

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