Bias
Everyone has it โ only other people are accused of it.
How We Say It
bฤซยทษs
Where It Comes From
16th century French biais โ oblique, slant. Originally a sewing and bowling term describing a diagonal cut in fabric or the weighted side of a bowl that makes it curve. Entered the language of the mind much later.
How It's Been Used
Expanded from a technical term to a psychological and political one in the 20th century. 'Cognitive bias' entered scientific language in the 1970s. In political use, almost always attributed to others โ rarely acknowledged in oneself.