prejudiced
adjective/ˈpredʒədɪst/
/ˈpredʒədɪst/
- having an unreasonable dislike of or preference for somebody/something, especially based on their race, religion, sex, etc.
- Few people will admit to being racially prejudiced.
- prejudiced (against/in favour of somebody/something) They are prejudiced against older applicants.
- (humorous) I think it's an excellent article, but then I'm prejudiced—I wrote it.
Extra ExamplesTopics Preferences and decisionsc2, Opinion and argumentc2, Personal qualitiesc2, Social issuesc2- I was a little prejudiced against him because of his background.
- She had to cope with the prejudiced views of the majority of the party.
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