prejudice

Definition for prejudice

noun as in belief without basis, information; intolerance

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animosity, bias, bigotry, chauvinism, discrimination, enmity, injustice, intolerance, preconception, predilection, predisposition, racism, sexism, xenophobia

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ageism, antipathy, apartheid, aversion, contemptuousness, detriment, disgust, dislike, displeasure, illiberality, mindset, narrow-mindedness, partiality, pique, prejudgment, prepossession, repugnance, revulsion, slant, spleen, tilt, twist, umbrage, unfairness, warp

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bad opinion, disrelish, foregone conclusion, jaundiced eye, misjudgment, one-sidedness, preconceived notion

verb as in influence another's beliefs without basis, information

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bias, distort, harm, hinder, impair, poison, predispose, prejudge, skew, slant, sway, undermine, vitiate

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angle, bend, blemish, color, damage, dispose, hurt, incline, indoctrinate, injure, jaundice, mar, prepossess, spoil, twist, warp

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The focus on public safety also perpetuates prejudices and fear, which increases popular support for coercive measures like involuntary treatment.

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Zuckerman, like others involved with the early argument that population growth was a threat to the environment, vehemently denied prejudice against immigrants and did not advocate violence.

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It also said that the principles of the bill misinterpreted the Treaty of Waitangi and that this "caused significant prejudice to Māori".

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When Vi stands up to Caitlyn for making this immoral decision, Caitlyn shows that the prejudice she feels for other Zaun natives can be extended even to the one she claims to love.

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Donald Trump and the Republicans’ concept of “wokeness” when it comes to the military is a fantasy born of ignorance and prejudice.

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