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confirmation bias

tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or hypotheses
Event cognitive_bias Q431498
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Summary

confirmation bias is a cognitive bias[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of cognitive bias entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,790 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: cognitive bias[3]
  • Part of: psychological terminology[4]
  • Has part(s): tunnel vision[5], splinternet[6]
  • Described by source: Red Blue Translator[7]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q123554264[8]

Why It Matters

confirmation bias has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ppsc-sppc.gc.ca. ppsc-sppc.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_confirmation-bias_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{confirmation bias}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/confirmation-bias}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-18}}
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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Permanent duplicated item → Q123554264
    Has parts → —
    Has part(s) → tunnel vision, splinternet
    Part of → psychological terminology
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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