Word Meaning 偏見

へんけん henken

偏見 is read as へんけん (henken) and means prejudice.

Meaning

English

  1. prejudice
  2. bias
  3. distorted view

Reading

Kana

へんけん

Romaji

henken

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 3998 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

偏り見る

かたよりみる

to show partiality

正常化の偏見

せいじょうかのへんけん

normalcy bias

人種的偏見

じんしゅてきへんけん

race prejudice

偏る

かたよる

to lean (to one side)

偏差値

へんさち

deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades)

偏重

へんじゅう

attaching too much importance to

偏向

へんこう

propensity

偏食

へんしょく

unbalanced diet

偏狭

へんきょう

narrow-mindedness

偏り

かたより

polarization

偏西風

へんせいふう

westerlies

偏向関係

へんこうかんけい

bias relation

Example Sentences

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かのじょはへんけんをもっていない。

She does not have any prejudice.

Tom has a prejudice against homosexuality.

I don't have a prejudice against foreign workers.

I know I have a biased opinion.

You seem to be prejudiced against ideas that come from foreign countries.

Ethnic minorities struggle against prejudice, poverty, and oppression.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Why are Japanese so prejudiced against lesbians and bisexuals?