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Meaning of recency bias | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A cognitive bias that favors recent events over historic ones.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“Recency bias once saw Robbie Williams come sixth in a poll of 600,000 to decide the most influential musicians of the last millennium – one place above Mozart – so we should be wary of getting carried away in the moment.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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