prejudice - Definition | Dictionary definition of prejudice

Definition of prejudice

a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; taboo, tabu
a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature; irrational hostility
extreme prejudice; experimenter bias
(psychology) bias introduced by an experimenter whose expectations about the outcome of the experiment can be subtly communicated to the participants in the experiment; homophobia
prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality; Islamophobia
prejudice against Muslims; racism
the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races; anti-Semitism, antisemitism
the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people; white supremacy
the prejudice that members of the white race are superior to members of other races; tendentiousness
an intentional and controversial bias

Type of:: partiality, partisanship
an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives

disadvantage by prejudice

Type of:: disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour
put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm

influence (somebody's) opinion in advance

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cause to be biased; angle, slant, weight
present with a bias; bias
influence in an unfair way; handicap
attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant