prejudice synonyms

prejudice

n.

bias, partiality, unfairness, preconception, predilection, leaning, bent, bigotry, intolerance, prejudgment, prepossession, presupposition, discrimination, racism, sexism, ageism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, chauvinism, male chauvinism, misogyny, misandry, xenophobia, one-sidedness, favoritism, partisanship, narrow-mindedness, narrowness, parochialism, small-mindedness, illiberality, littleness, enmity, dislike, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, resentment, coolness, contempt, bad opinion, misjudgment, blinders, jaundice, jaundiced eye, tunnel vision, segregation, apartheid, detriment, disadvantage, slant, warp, twist; see also hatred 1, 2, inclination 1, objection 2, spite.

Antonyms impartiality, tolerance, admiration.

prejudice implies a preconceived and unreasonable judgment or opinion, usually an unfavorable one marked by suspicion, fear, or hatred a crime motivated by racial prejudice; bias implies a mental leaning in favor of or against someone or something that interferes with impartial judgment few of us are without bias of any kind; partiality implies an inclination to favor a person or thing because of strong fondness or attachment the conductor's partiality for the works of Brahms; predilection implies a preconceived liking, formed as a result of one's background, temperament, etc., that inclines one to a particular preference a predilection for murder mysteries

without prejudice

  1. unbiased, objective, unprejudiced, disinterested; see fair 1.

  2. not damaged, not discredited, unaltered, without implied comment;

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