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confirmation bias

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study; a psychological tendency to look for and accept information which supports one's values and worldview and reject that which conflicts with it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

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23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 確定偏差 /确定偏差 (quèdìng piānchā) — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • Chinese Mandarin: 確認偏誤 /确认偏误 (quèrèn piānwù) — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • Chinese Mandarin: 證實偏差 /证实偏差 (zhèngshí piānchā) — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • Chinese Mandarin: 證實偏見 /证实偏见 (zhèngshí piānjiàn) — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • Chinese Mandarin: 證實性偏見 /证实性偏见 (zhèngshíxìng piānjiàn) — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • Chinese Mandarin: 確認偏見 /确认偏见 (quèrèn piānjiàn) — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • Dutch: confirmation bias — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • Dutch: bevestigingsvooroordeel — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • Estonian: kinnituskalduvus — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • Estonian: kinnituseelarvamus — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • Finnish: vahvistusharha — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • Finnish: vahvistusvinouma — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • French: biais de confirmation — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • German: Bestätigungsfehler — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • German: Bestätigungstendenz — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • German: Bestätigungsverzerrung — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • Hindi: पुष्टि पूर्वाग्रह (puṣṭi pūrvāgrah) — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • Hungarian: megerősítési torzítás — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • Icelandic: staðfestingarskekkja — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • Korean: 확증편향 (hwakjeungpyeonhyang) — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • Polish: efekt potwierdzenia — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • Russian: предвзятость подтверждения (predvzjatostʹ podtverždenija) — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study
  • Spanish: sesgo de confirmación — cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study