A liquid crystal composition comprising a compound represented by the following formula has sufficient solubility and a wide usable concentration range, and exhibits excellent haze-lowering performance. B1 represents an n-valent chain linking group, L1 and L2 represent a single bond, —O—, —S—, —CO—, —COO—, —OCO—, etc, A1 represents a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a divalent heterocyclic group, A2 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group, Sp1 represents a single bond, or an alkylene group, Hb1 represents a fluorine-substituted alkyl group, n represents 2 to 6, m represents 0 to 2, and l represents 2 or 3.