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prejudice
noun as in belief without basis, information; intolerance
Strongest matches
animosity, bias, bigotry, chauvinism, discrimination, enmity, injustice, intolerance, preconception, predilection, predisposition, racism, sexism, xenophobia
Strong matches
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
Weak matches
bad opinion, disrelish, foregone conclusion, jaundiced eye, misjudgment, one-sidedness, preconceived notion
verb as in influence another's beliefs without basis, information
Example Sentences
Despite their enthusiasm, none of them would give their real name or show their faces on camera, underlining the stigma and cultural prejudices surrounding the ancient dance.
If he had, they argued, he would have immediately renounced his prejudices.
In court documents reviewed by the New York Times, the defense has accused Halligan of “irregularities so severe and pervasivevthat they likely prejudiced the grand jurors’ narrow decision to indict.”
Playing on the public’s prejudice that a young mother would never be mixed up in international espionage, she asked, “Do I look like a spy?”
The series uses school drama and a budding teen romance as a backdrop to touch on themes such as class strife and prejudice, corporate greed and personal vengeance.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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