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prejudiced

Variant of prejudice

noun

  1. a judgment or opinion formed before the facts are known; preconceived idea, favorable or, more usually, unfavorable
    1. a judgment or opinion held in disregard of facts that contradict it; unreasonable bias: a prejudice against modern art
    2. the holding of such judgments or opinions
  2. suspicion, intolerance, or irrational hatred of other races, creeds, regions, occupations, etc.
  3. injury or harm resulting as from some judgment or action of another or others

transitive verb prejudiced, prejudicing

  1. to injure or harm, as by some judgment or action
  2. to cause to have or show prejudice; bias

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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