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as in bias
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
her lifelong prejudice against doing "dirty" jobs
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as in racism
hatred of or discrimination against a person or persons based on their race
fought racial prejudice through the use of the court system
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as in to bias
to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge
all the bad stories I had heard about the incoming CEO prejudiced me against him even before the first meeting
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Recent Examples of prejudice
Jared Gans, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025
Because of Dookhan’s misconduct at the Hinton State Laboratory in Jamaica Plain, the Supreme Judicial Court ordered the dismissal with prejudice of thousands of drug cases.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
Kevin Sullivan, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2025
At a February hearing, the judge told attorneys for Lively and Baldoni to avoid making statements in public that could prejudice proceedings.
—Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The ruling is notable in that the DOJ had requested the charges be dropped without prejudice, which would have allowed them to be possibly refiled at a later date.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025
Because of Dookhan’s misconduct at the Hinton State Laboratory in Jamaica Plain, the Supreme Judicial Court ordered the dismissal with prejudice of thousands of drug cases.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
When collected and correlated, often erroneously, use of this data that third parties buy has already been shown to prejudice employability, creditworthiness, social life, voting and more.
—Kevin Sullivan, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2025
At a February hearing, the judge told attorneys for Lively and Baldoni to avoid making statements in public that could prejudice proceedings.
—Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prejudice
Noun
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Going forward, leaders must proactively address their organization's biases, re-examine outdated hiring and talent practices, and make age diversity central to the firm's operating culture.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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There are reasons for such disparities, beyond club bias or exchange rates, with value and price often being conflated.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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In his remarks, Biden praised Till-Mobley for her courage in ensuring the world would see racism's horrors in her son's maimed body.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
25 July 2023
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But as has often been the case in U.S. history, there are sharp disagreement over racism's persistence and what role the government should have in addressing those issues.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA TODAY,
17 June 2023
Verb
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But the moment of flexing soon turned into a public apology and her taking accountability for the effect of the song.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Lisa Rinna turned Wednesday’s H&M & LA event in Los Angeles into a family affair, attending the event alongside her daughters Delilah Belle and Amelia Gray Hamlin.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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The city integrated, but block-by-block segregation kept white and Black residents apart.—
Calvin Schermerhorn,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2025
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Since 1869, segregation in Detroit public schools had been outlawed by the state’s Supreme Court.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Prejudice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prejudice. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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