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survivorship bias

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A form of selection bias in which only the people or things that "survived" some process are considered, while those that did not are inadvertently overlooked because of their lack of visibility.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 幸存者偏差 (xìngcúnzhě piānchā) — bias
  • Finnish: selviytymisharha — bias
  • French: biais du survivant — bias
  • French: biais des survivants — bias
  • German: Überlebendenverzerrung — bias
  • Polish: błąd przeżywalności — bias
  • Russian: оши́бка вы́жившего (ošíbka výživševo) — bias