one-sidedness

noun

The state of being one-sided; partiality, bias.

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Meanings

nounone-sidedness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state of being one-sided; partiality, bias.

    Living in Germany, I see it as my human responsibility to call it out for its one-sidedness, its hypocrisy and its acquiesence in the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.

    2023 October 23, Lana Bastašić, “I grew up in Bosnia, amid fear and hatred of Muslims. Now I see Germany’s mistakes over Gaza”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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    The Premier League leaders did what many people thought was beyond them in their last European excursion, at the home of Borussia Dortmund, and they made light work of overcoming Marseille on a night when the one-sidedness was not reflected by their inability to add to Jack Wilshere's two goals.

    2013 November 26, Daniel Taylor, “Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille”, in The Guardian

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
prejudice

Origin

From one-sided + -ness.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 片面性
  • 片面性 (piànmiànxìng)state of being one-sidedness
Dutch eenzijdigheid
  • eenzijdigheidstate of being one-sidedness
Finnish puolueellisuus, yksipuolisuus
  • puolueellisuusstate of being one-sidedness
  • yksipuolisuusstate of being one-sidedness
German Einseitigkeit, Parteilichkeit
  • Einseitigkeitstate of being one-sidedness
  • Parteilichkeitstate of being one-sidedness
Cite this entry
APA

one-sidedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-sidedness

MLA

“one-sidedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-sidedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “one-sidedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-sidedness.

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