Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb prejudice

2 senses of prejudice

Sense 1
prejudice -- (disadvantage by prejudice)
       => disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour -- (put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly disadvantages me")

Sense 2
prejudice, prepossess -- (influence (somebody's) opinion in advance)
       => influence, act upon, work -- (have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate")

Antonyms of adj prejudiced

2 senses of prejudiced

Sense 1
prejudiced -- (emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices)

INDIRECT (VIA subjective) -> objective, nonsubjective -- (undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence")

Sense 2
prejudiced (vs. unprejudiced), discriminatory -- (being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand; "a prejudiced judge")

unprejudiced (vs. prejudiced), impartial -- (free from undue bias or preconceived opinions; "an unprejudiced appraisal of the pros and cons"; "the impartial eye of a scientist")
        => color-blind, colour-blind, nonracist -- (unprejudiced about race)

Similarity of adj prejudiced

2 senses of prejudiced

Sense 1
prejudiced -- (emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices)
       => subjective (vs. objective) -- (taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias; "a subjective judgment")

Sense 2
prejudiced (vs. unprejudiced), discriminatory -- (being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand; "a prejudiced judge")
       => homophobic -- (prejudiced against homosexual people)
       => jaundiced -- (showing or affected by prejudice or envy or distaste; "looked with a jaundiced eye on the growth of regimentation"; "takes a jaundiced view of societies and clubs")
       => loaded -- ((of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence; "a loaded question")
       => racist, antiblack, anti-Semite (prenominal) -- (discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion)
       => sexist -- (discriminatory on the basis of sex (usually said of men's attitude toward women))

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