Noun: confirmation bias
| Singular | confirmation bias |
| Plural | confirmation biases |
Sample Sentences
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Days after this interview, on 12 February this year, fighting broke out between US troops and pro-Assad forces just outside Qamishli. Confirmation bias is rarely so fast, or so unnervingly accurate. [2020 February 26, Will Dunn, “William Gibson on the apocalypse: “it’s been happening for at least 100 years””, in New Statesman:]
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That overcorrection might nurture confirmation bias, an inclination to look for evidence that validates one's fears while ignoring any signs to the contrary. [2025 December 20, Hanna Notte, “Europe risks a self-fulfilling prophecy over Russia threat”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7:]
Nouns inflected like confirmation bias
penniless-bench,
wintergrass,
kitchen pass,
grey fox,
grey box,
trailer hitch,
paleness,
loaded march,
Tush Push,
horribleness,
slaughteress,
chapparvovirus,
greenwax,
royal flush,
crab cactus,
geostress,
syngas,
wintercress,
ichthys,
ichthus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)