biased, having preconceived opinions, predisposed to a particular viewpoint
express a preconceived opinion, express one's biases; infringe on someone's rights, injure the rights of another
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Prejudiced Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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prejudiced
adj
1. emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices
2. being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand; "a prejudiced judge" [syn: discriminatory]
[ant: unprejudiced]
Adjective
1. emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices
(similar) subjective
2. being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand; "a prejudiced judge"
(synonym) discriminatory
(antonym) unprejudiced, impartial
(similar) homophobic
Noun
1. a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
(synonym) bias, preconception
(hypernym) partiality, partisanship
(hyponym) taboo, tabu
(derivation) prepossess
Verb
1. disadvantage by prejudice
(hypernym) disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour
(derivation) bias, preconception
(classification) justice, judicature
2. influence (somebody's) opinion in advance
(synonym) prepossess
(hypernym) influence, act upon, work
(hyponym) bias, predetermine
(derivation) bias, preconception
Prejudiced Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
The word prejudice (or ) is most often used to refer to preconceived judgments toward people or a person because of race/ethnicity, gender, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, nationality or other personal characteristics. It can also refer to unfounded beliefs and may include "any unreasonable attitude that is unusually resistant to rational influence." Gordon Allport defined prejudice as a "feeling, favorable or unfavorable, toward a person or thing, prior to, or not based on, actual experience."
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