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a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situationsynonyms: partijdigheid, partijschap, prejudicie, vooroordeeltypes:taboe, taboesfeera prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred natureracisme, rassehaat, rassendiscriminatie, rassenhaat, rassenideologie, rassenleer, rassenongelijkheid, rassentheorie, rassenwaan, rassewaanthe prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other racestype of:confessionalisme, partijdigheid, partijschapan inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
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a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
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(geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
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