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, bias, tendentiousnessRelated Words chauvinism, cronyism, favoritism, nepotism; self-opinionatedness, self-partiality; bent, inclination, leaning, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency; preconception, prejudgment, prepossessionNear Antonyms calm, detachment, dispassion, indifference; aversion, dislike, distaste, hate, scunnerAntonyms 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 racism, racialismRelated Words race-baiting; apartheid, jim crow, segregation, separatism; bigotry, intolerance, narrow-mindedness, narrownessNear Antonyms antidiscrimination, antiracism, antisegregation; assimilationism