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What words describe prejudice?

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  1. i would have to say naive;ignorant or narrow minded.

    Very often the case; those with prejudice know very little about what they hate or take a stance or emotional stance too and often come off as morons(pardon my french:P) to others for how simple minded they are for their prejudice.


  2. judgemental

    etc

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  3. closed mind...

  4. prejudice |ˈprejədəs|

    noun

    1 preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience : English prejudice against foreigners | anti-Jewish prejudices. See note at bias .

    • dislike, hostility, or unjust behavior formed on such a basis : accusations of racial prejudice.

    2 chiefly Law harm or injury that results or may result from some action or judgment : prejudice resulting from delay in the institution of the proceedings.

    verb [ trans. ]

    1 give rise to prejudice in (someone); make biased : the statement might prejudice the jury.

    2 chiefly Law cause harm to (a state of affairs) : delay is likely to prejudice the child's welfare.

    PHRASES

    without prejudice Law without detriment to any existing right or claim : the payment was made without any prejudice to her rights.

    ORIGIN Middle English (sense 2 of the noun) : from Old French, from Latin praejudicium, from prae ‘in advance’ + judicium ‘judgment.’

    Thesaurus

    noun

    1 male prejudices about women preconceived idea, preconception, prejudgment.

    2 they are motivated by prejudice bigotry, bias, partisanship, partiality, intolerance, discrimination, unfairness, inequality. See note at bias .

    3 without prejudice to the interests of others detriment, harm, damage, injury, hurt, loss.

    verb

    1 the article could prejudice the jury bias, influence, sway, predispose, make biased, make partial, color.

    2 this could prejudice his chances of victory damage, be detrimental to, be prejudicial to, injure, harm, hurt, spoil, impair, undermine, hinder, compromise.

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