as in bias
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
the obvious one-sidedness of the host means that his radio talk show isn't the open forum that he pretends it is
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Recent Examples of one-sidedness
Though Vestermark slowed in the second quarter as the one-sidedness continued, the other elements of Aliso’s game stepped into the spotlight.
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Martin Henderson, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
Both matchups involving La Jolla’s three teams yielded surprising results — one in its one-sidedness and the other in the victor.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
Martin Henderson, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
Both matchups involving La Jolla’s three teams yielded surprising results — one in its one-sidedness and the other in the victor.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-sidedness
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In a similar vein, Timnit Gebru, a computer scientist writing during her time working at Google, warned of the dangers of large language models acting as stochastic parrots, which repeat language patterns without understanding, and in doing so replicate the biases embedded in their training data.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Soumaya Hamdi said the footage had been manipulated to portray her husband negatively and was produced by an organization known for its anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bias, targeting those who speak out against the treatment of Palestinians.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Oklahoma Indian Territory who defied poverty and prejudice to become one of America’s first Black female millionaires — at just 11 years old.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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And, as Politico observed, his critics are poised to define him not by policy but by identity—testing whether the city that elected its first Muslim mayor will judge him by his performance or by prejudice.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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But, increasingly, events that should appall and unite America against violence instead fuel an intensifying partisanship.—
John Archibald,
New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2025
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Carving up Kansas City Missouri’s review of the map was based on racial and partisanship data from the 2020 presidential election.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
29 Oct. 2025
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The collaboration between certain MAGA influencers and animal-rights activists has drawn out the most confrontational tendencies within each camp.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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One way to estimate your tendency is with a Morningness-Eveningness questionnaire.—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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“One-sidedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-sidedness. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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