prejudice.

1. An opinion or feeling formed without a fair examination of the facts, especially a negative one about a group.

2. To harm or weaken someone's interests, rights, or prospects.

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Words that belong together

• racial prejudice
• prejudice against a group

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The interview exposed prejudice that the official wording had concealed.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular prejudice; plural prejudices. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: prejudices.