Bias
Bias verb - To cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge.
Usage example: bad reviews biased her against the movie, even though it starred one of her favorite actors
Convince and bias are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Convince" instead a verb "Bias".
Convince
Convince verb - To cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests.
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Synonyms for Convince
Nearby Words: convincing, convincingly
Common collocations
| jury | bias jury | convince jury |
Both words in one sentence
- One example of his bias is his notation in Zhuge Jin's biography, where he dismisses Zhuge's letter to Liu Bei (attempting to convince Liu to call off his intended invasion of Wu) as a waste of space and pointless.
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The presence of such characters is often jarring and sometimes offensive to people who actually hold the beliefs that are being misrepresented; in addition, strawmen are very ineffective tools to convert or convince people of opposing beliefs and tend to encourage Confirmation Bias.
Source: Straw Character -
Scheherezade Gambit: Verbal uses his tale-spinning talent to outwit his captors and not only to gain time: He continually changes his story until he finds the correct one to convince Kujan of his In-Universe Confirmation Bias so he would release Verbal Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!
Source: Film / The Usual Suspects
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