partisanship vs bias
bias vs partisanshippartisanship and bias both are nouns.
partisanship is not an adjective while bias is an adjective.
partisanship is not a verb while bias is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| partisanship | Yes | No | No | No |
| bias | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
As nouns,
bias is a hyponym of
partisanship; that is, bias is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
partisanship:
- partisanship: an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
- bias: a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
Other hyponyms of partisanship include
anthropocentricity, anthropocentrism, ethnocentrism, Eurocentrism, preconception, prejudice, tilt, localism, provincialism, sectionalism, unfairness.
| partisanship (noun) | bias (noun) |
|---|---|
| an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives | a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation |
| a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric |
| partisanship (adjective) | bias (adjective) |
|---|---|
| slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric |
| partisanship (verb) | bias (verb) |
|---|---|
| cause to be biased | |
| influence in an unfair way |
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