bias against

bias against (someone or something)

A prejudice against someone or something. That teacher just seems to have a bias against me—she never calls on me in class, and she grades my papers so harshly. My father has a bias against that company because he dislikes its outspoken CEO. The bias against hiring women that exists in this company is painfully obvious.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bias someone against someone or something

to prejudice someone against someone or something. Please avoid biasing everyone against me. One bad experience biased all of us against that brand of sausage.
See also: bias
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • bias
  • bias against (someone or something)
  • biased against (someone or something)
  • get up against
  • get up against (someone or something)
  • clash
  • clash against
  • clash against (someone or something)
  • against
  • against (someone or something)
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"I think the Central government has a bias against the states where the BJP is not in power.
At a press conference, the president repeated allegations, without proof, of anti-conservative bias by Facebook (FB), Twitter (TWTR), and Google (GOOG, GOOGL), which all deny they have any bias against conservative users.
Judge Theodor Meron voluntarily withdrew from the appeals procedure in the Radovan KaradA3/4ic case on Thursday after the defense asked the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals to remove him for alleged bias against the defendant, BIRN reports.
What the court said is that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission had exhibited bias against the baker in this specific case.
The United States on Tuesday withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), accusing the body of protecting "human rights abusers" and accepting bias against Israel.
Several countries have also accused the council of bias against Israel (notably Boris Johnson, UK foreign secretary), but the USA has been the only country to leave.
This was raised by Sereno in her separate motions for inhibition against six of her peers at the SC over alleged bias against her: Associate Justices Teresita De Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Francis Jardeleza, Samuel Martires and Noel Tijam.
Martires has manifested actual bias against her, which should disqualify him from participating in these proceedings,' Sereno said in her pleading.
ISLAMABAD -- Islamophobia (bias against Muslims) in the world has been declining gradually, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) reveals in its annual report.
"Mr Tuju will one day need the independence of the Judiciary that he is now fighting to erode, and that time will be soon," Mr Kajwang' said.On Wednesday, the ruling party protested at what it termed open bias against it by the Judiciary.
RIYADH, December 12, 2017 (WAFA) - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Tuesday reiterated its condemnation of the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the transfer of its embassy, describing it bias against Palestinians.
By: MENA WASHINGTON - 14 November 2017: More hate crimes were carried out in the United States last year, with an uptick in incidents motivated by bias against Jews, Muslims and LGBT people, among others, according to new FBI data released Monday.
As I see it, there clearly is media bias against Trump, and this is not the way to rebuild a nation.
His previous research as published in More Guns, Less Crime, The Bias Against Guns, and Straight Shooting: Firearms, Economics and Public Policy were published in 1998, 2003, and 2006, respectively.
The backlash for Facebook over a former contractor's accusations of bias against conservatives isn't over.