one-sidedness

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one-sid·ed

(wŭn′sī′dĭd)

adj.

1. Favoring one side or group; partial or biased: a one-sided view.

2. Characterized by the domination of one competitor over another: a one-sided basketball game.

3. Larger or more developed on one side: a one-sided pattern.

4. Existing or occurring on one side only.

one′-sid′ed·ly adv.

one′-sid′ed·ness n.

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one-sidedness

noun

An inclination for or against that inhibits impartial judgment:

bias, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, prepossession, tendentiousness.

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one-sidedness

[ˌwʌnˈsaɪdɪdnɪs] N [of view etc] → parcialidad f; [of decision] → carácter m unilateral; [of contest] → desigualdad f

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But Sergey Ivanovitch, who had been talking with far less heat and one-sidedness than the professor, and who had sufficient breadth of mind to answer the professor, and at the same time to comprehend the simple and natural point of view from which the question was put, smiled and said:

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It was not until luncheon was more than half-way through that she realised the one-sidedness of their conversation.

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National one-sidedness and narrow-mindedness become more and more impossible, and from the numerous national and local literatures, there arises a world literature.

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Naperville Central opened its dominating performance with a pin from senior Ben Cianchetti at 195 pounds, and when two more victories by fall were sandwiched around a win via forfeit at heavyweight, it was 24-0 and the one-sidedness had only just begun.