单词 | counter-bias |
释义 | counter-biasn. rare. A bias against, or in the opposite direction; a contrary bias. ΚΠ 1697 J. Collier Ess. Moral Subj. (ed. 2) i. vi. 220 They are govern'd by a most unreasonable Counter-Byass. Derivatives counter-bias adv. [= French à contre-biais] in the opposite direction, counter (to). Obsolete. Cf. bias adv., and ‘against the bias’ Shakespeare Richard II, iii. iv. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > [adverb] > operating against antidotally1646 antidotically1646 counter-bias1656 counteractingly1858 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adverb] witherc1200 contrariouslyc1380 overthwartlya1425 adversarilyc1475 incontrary1488 incontrair?a1500 contrairly1535 thwartly1558 adversatively1571 sinisterlya1600 kim-kam1603 antagonistically1610 cross1614 oppositively1622 thwarta1628 counter1643 reverse1649 counter-bias1656 contrariwise1682 contrarily1781 antipathetically1818 opposingly1842 hostilely1876 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 191 The other senator..went so counter-bias to this his friend, as he did not only praise such actions..but, etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). † counter-biasv. Obsolete. transitive. To bias against, give an opposite bias to. ΚΠ 1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα 604 Which so counter-biassed that Kings judgement against Presbytery. 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling ii. i. ⁋12. 61 [They] had need to counterbiass their minds, and set them to something better. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1656v.1659 |
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