Synonyms for prejudice
ˈprɛdʒ ə dɪsprej·u·dice

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1. prejudice

   A presumption (literally, a taking beforehand) is a partial decision formed in advance of argument or evidence, usually grounded on some general principle, and always held subject to revision upon fuller information. A prejudice or prepossession is grounded often on feeling, fancy, associations, etc. A prejudice against foreigners is very common in retired communities. There is always a presumption in favor of what exists, so that the burden of proof is upon one who advocates a change. A prepossession is always favorable, a prejudice always unfavorable, unless the contrary is expressly stated. Compare INJURY.

   Synonyms:
   bias, partiality, preconception, prepossession, presumption, unfairness

   Antonyms:
   certainty, conclusion, conviction, demonstration, evidence, proof, reason, reason, reasoning

   Preposition:
   Against; rarely, in favor of, in one's favor.

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1. prejudice

   Synonyms:
   prepossession, prejudgment, predisposition, bias, unfairness, injury, harm, impairment, detriment, partiality, disadvantage, damage

   Antonyms:
   judgment, fairness, impartiality, advantage

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1. bias, prejudice, preconceptionverb

   a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

   Synonyms:
   preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, prepossession, parti pris, diagonal, bias, preconceived idea, preconception

2. prejudiceverb

   disadvantage by prejudice

   Synonyms:
   prepossess

3. prejudice, prepossessverb

   influence (somebody's) opinion in advance

   Synonyms:
   prepossess

Matched Categories

1. • Disadvantage
   • Influence
   • Justice

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1. prejudicenoun

   Synonyms:
   prejudgment, prepossession, bias

2. prejudicenoun

   Synonyms:
   harm, mischief, hurt, detriment, injury, damage, disadvantage

3. prejudiceverb

   Synonyms:
   bias, warp, prepossess

4. prejudiceverb

   Synonyms:
   injure, damage, hurt, impair

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1. prejudicenoun

   Synonyms:
   prejudgment, bias, harm, mischief, detriment

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1. List of paraphrases for "prejudice":

   injury, bias, prejudices, harm, prejudge, detriment, damage, prejudging, affect, prejudicing, undermine, impair, bigotry, loss, prejudiced, stigma, disadvantage, jeopardize, partiality, damages

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How to use prejudice in a sentence?

1. Prime Minister Tony Abbott:

   I would say to the Indonesian people and the Indonesian Government: We in Australia are always there to help you, and we hope that you might reciprocate, i don't want to prejudice the best possible relations with a very important friend and neighbor. But I've got to say that we can't just ignore this kind of thing.

2. John Ratcliffe:

   Hes looking at the same documents that I am, hes not sharing his findings or the work that hes doing. But Im coordinating with him to make sure that he has the intelligence documents that he needs to do his work. And what I dont want to do is declassify something that might prejudice his work. So were going to have to coordinate as we go forward with the completion of his work with my ability to declassify documents.

3. Yoshiko Sakurai:

   When we see lots of misunderstanding or prejudice against Japan's history, we'd like to at least set the record straight, we have already lost (the information war). Now we have to recover.

4. Sydney Smith:

   Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out.

5. Francis Jeffrey:

   Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest of violence.