Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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tabu | Yes | Yes | No | No |
bias | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
tabu (noun) | bias (noun) |
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an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion | a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation |
a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature | a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric |
tabu (adjective) | bias (adjective) |
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excluded from use or mention | slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric |
forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands |
tabu (verb) | bias (verb) |
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cause to be biased | |
influence in an unfair way |