an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.

any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable.

unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, esp. of a hostile nature, regarding a racial, religious, or national group.

such attitudes considered collectively

The war against prejudice is never-ending.

damage or injury; detriment

a law that operated to the prejudice of the majority.

to affect with a prejudice, either favorable or unfavorable

His honesty and sincerity prejudiced us in his favor.

without prejudice, Law . without dismissing, damaging

or otherwise affecting a legal interest or demand.

noun

fairness , justice , regard , respect , tolerance

verb

approve , be fair , be just , regard , respect , tolerate

noun

ageism , animosity , antipathy , apartheid , aversion , bad opinion , bias , bigotry , chauvinism , contemptuousness , detriment , discrimination , disgust , dislike , displeasure , disrelish , enmity , foregone conclusion , illiberality , injustice , jaundiced eye , mindset , misjudgment , narrow-mindedness , one-sidedness , partiality , pique , preconceived notion , preconception , prejudgment , prepossession , racism , repugnance , revulsion , sexism , slant , spleen , tilt , twist , umbrage , unfairness , warp , xenophobianotes:a person\'s bias is based on facts , but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examining the facts , partisanship , tendentiousness , intolerance , harm , insularism , insularity , jaundice , misandry , misanthropy , mischief , parti pris , predilection , predisposition , preference , sectionalism , xenophobia

verb

angle * , bend * , bias , blemish * , color * , damage , dispose , distort , harm , hinder , hurt , impair , incline , indoctrinate , injure , jaundice , mar , poison * , predispose , prejudge , prepossess , skew * , slant * , spoil , sway * , twist * , undermine , vitiate , warp *notes:a person\'s bias is based on facts , but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examining the facts , warp , blemish , detract from , disserve , flaw , tarnish , bent , bigotry , discrimination , favoritism , hatred , inclination , influence , intolerance , partiality , parti pris , preconception , predetermine , predilection , predisposition , prejudgment , racism , sexism , slant , taint