prejudice

prejudice

noun

Definition of PREJUDICE

1

an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities <her lifelong prejudice against doing “dirty” jobs>

Synonyms favor, nonobjectivity, one-sidedness, partiality, parti pris, partisanship, ply, prejudice, tendentiousness

Related Words chauvinism, cronyism, favoritism, nepotism; self-opinionatedness, self-partiality; bent, inclination, leaning, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency; preconception, prejudgment, prepossession

Near Antonyms calm, detachment, dispassion, indifference; aversion, dislike, distaste, hate, scunner

Antonyms impartiality, neutrality, objectivity, open-mindedness, unbiasedness

2

hatred of or discrimination against a person or persons based on their race <fought racial prejudice through the use of the court system>

Synonyms prejudice, racialism

Related Words race-baiting; apartheid, jim crow, segregation, separatism; bigotry, intolerance, narrow-mindedness, narrowness

Near Antonyms antidiscrimination, antiracism, antisegregation; assimilationism