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僻書 (hekisho) Japanese meaning: biased writing | Kotomora

僻へき書しょ

Meanings

1

biased writing; prejudiced text

Rare literary term for writing that is slanted or unfair. Not used in everyday conversation.

その歴れき史し書しょは僻へき書しょと批ひ判はんされた。
That history book was criticized as biased writing.

Kanji

僻prejudice, bias, rural area
書write

Related words

偏へん見けん
偏見 means 'prejudice' as a general attitude, while 僻書 specifically refers to a written work that is biased.
偏へん向こう
偏向 is a broader term for 'bias' or 'inclination', often used in media contexts; 僻書 is a concrete noun for a biased document.

Etymology

Compound of 僻 (へき, 'biased, prejudiced') and 書 (しょ, 'writing, document'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is a straightforward Sino-Japanese compound.