English > prejudice: 3 senses > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation. |
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| Synonyms | bias, preconception |
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| Narrower | Islamophobia | prejudice against Muslims |
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| experimenter bias | (psychology) bias introduced by an experimenter whose expectations about the outcome of the experiment / experiment can be subtly communicated to the participants in the experiment / experiment |
| homophobia | prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality |
| irrational hostility | extreme / extreme prejudice |
| racism | The prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races |
| 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 |
| tendentiousness | An intentional and controversial bias |
| Broader | partiality, partisanship | An inclination to favor / favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives |
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| Spanish | inclinación, parcialidad, predisposición, prejuicio, sesgo |
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| Catalan | biaix, prejudici |
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| Adjectives | prejudicial, prejudicious | tending to favor / favor preconceived ideas |
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| Verbs | prejudice | influence (somebody's) opinion in advance |
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| prejudice | disadvantage by prejudice |
