prejudicenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈpredʒ.ə.dɪs/us/ˈpredʒ.ə.dɪs/B2 an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge:
If a decision or action is made without prejudice to a right or claim, it is made without having an effect on that right or claim:
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- She criticized the government for trying to whip up anti-German prejudice.
- He had to battle against prejudice to get a job.
- Such ingrained prejudices cannot be corrected easily.
- It seems that old prejudices are still lurking beneath the surface.
- We mustn't let our prejudices blind us to the facts of the situation.
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Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
- ableism
- arbitrary
- be a bit much idiom
- bias
- biased
- favouritism
- ghettoize
- hate crime
- inequitable
- inequity
- prejudicial
- sexism
- sexist
- shortchange
- slant
- unfair
- unjust
- unprovoked
- unsportsmanlike
- you're having a laugh idiom
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prejudiceverb [ T ]
uk/ˈpredʒ.ə.dɪs/us/ˈpredʒ.ə.dɪs/Someone or something that prejudices you influences you unfairly so that you form an unreasonable opinion about something:
formal Something or someone that prejudices something else has a harmful influence on it:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
- ableism
- arbitrary
- be a bit much idiom
- bias
- biased
- favouritism
- ghettoize
- hate crime
- inequitable
- inequity
- prejudicial
- sexism
- sexist
- shortchange
- slant
- unfair
- unjust
- unprovoked
- unsportsmanlike
- you're having a laugh idiom
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