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| Main Entry: | prejudice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence another's beliefs without basis, information |
| Synonyms: | angle*, bend*, bias, blemish*, color*, damage, dispose, distort, harm, hinder, hurt, impair, incline, indoctrinate, injure, jaundice, mar, poison*, predispose, prejudge, prepossess, skew*, slant*, spoil, sway*, twist*, undermine, vitiate, warp |
| Notes: | a person's bias is based on facts, but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examining the facts |
| Antonyms: | approve, be fair, be just, regard, respect, tolerate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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