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biassed — biased UK / US or biassed UK [ˈbaɪəst] / US adjective a) preferring one person, thing, or idea to another in a way that is unfair a biased report biased against/towards/in favour of someone/something: The salary structure was biased against women … English dictionary
biassed — adjective unfairly influenced in favour of or against one particular person, opinion etc: I admit I m biased, but I think my son s performance was brilliant! (+ against/towards/in favour of): news reporting that was heavily biased towards the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Basil I — known as Basil the Macedonian born 826/835, Thrace died Aug. 29, 886 Byzantine emperor (867–86) and founder of the Macedonian dynasty. Born into a peasant family in Macedonia, he won employment in official circles in Constantinople and was made… … Universalium
bias — I UK [ˈbaɪəs] / US noun ** 1) a) [singular/uncountable] an attitude that you have that makes you treat someone in a way that is unfair or different from the way you treat other people Ideally we d choose judges who are without political bias.… … English dictionary
biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… … Universalium
England (Before the Reformation) — England (Before the Reformation) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► England (Before the Reformation) This term England is here restricted to one constituent, the largest and most populous, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.… … Catholic encyclopedia
Theodosius I — /thee euh doh shee euhs, sheuhs/ ( the Great )A.D. 346? 395, Roman emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 379 395. * * * or Theodosius the Great in full Flavius Theodosius born Jan. 11, 347, Cauca, Gallaecia [Spain] died Jan. 17, 395, Mediolanum… … Universalium
Antal E. Fekete — Infobox Person name = Antal E. Fekete image size = 200px caption = Antal Fekete birth name = Antal E. fekete birth date = birth date and age|1932|01|01 birth place = Budapest, EU death date = death place = education = Loránt Eötvös University… … Wikipedia
epic — epically, adv. epiclike, adj. /ep ik/, adj. Also, epical. 1. noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style: Homer s Iliad is an… … Universalium
perception — perceptional, adj. /peuhr sep sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or faculty of apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding. 2. immediate or intuitive recognition or appreciation, as of moral, psychological, or aesthetic… … Universalium
Irish Literature — • It is uncertain at what period and in what manner the Irish discovered the use of letters. It may have been through direct commerce with Gaul, but it is more probable, as McNeill has shown in his study of Irish oghams, that it was from the… … Catholic encyclopedia
