prejudices
Preconceived unfair opinions
Prejudices are preconceived opinions not based on reason or experience—judgments formed before the facts are in.
The word usually implies unfavorable attitudes toward groups of people: racial prejudices, prejudices against immigrants.
To have prejudices is human; to act on them causes harm.
The verb prejudice means to influence unfairly or to damage: The publicity prejudiced the jury, without prejudice to your rights.
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- homophobiaPrejudice against same-sex attraction
- ableismBias against disabled individuals
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
transphobia · classism · casteism · antisemitism · misogyny · ageism · colorism · apartheid
Unfair favor toward some
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- predispositionInnate tendency toward something
- inclinationDisposition toward something
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
preconception · predilection · leaning · proclivity · propensity · penchant · tendency · subjectivity
Broad conclusions from specifics
- assumptionsUnproven things taken as true
- typecastingAssigning actors similar roles
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
- pigeonholingAssigning to narrow categories
caricatures · tropes · cliches · oversimplifications · labels · categorization · ethnic stereotypes · gender stereotypes
Unjust differential treatment
- injusticeDenial of fair treatment
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- unfairnessUnjust or biased treatment
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
marginalization · victimization · persecution · oppression · suffering · trauma · damage · wounds
Subjective beliefs or assessments
- verdictsFormal trial conclusions
- conclusionsJudgments reached through reasoning
- assessmentsFormal judgments of value
- evaluationsFormal judgments of quality
views · beliefs · convictions · perceptions · interpretations · appraisals · snap judgments · value judgments
racism
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- homophobiaPrejudice against same-sex attraction
- ableismBias against disabled individuals
xenophobia · transphobia · classism · casteism · antisemitism · misogyny · ageism · colorism · apartheid · segregation
partiality
Unfair favor toward some
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- predispositionInnate tendency toward something
- inclinationDisposition toward something
bias · preconception · predilection · leaning · proclivity · propensity · penchant · tendency · subjectivity · one-sidedness
generalizations
Broad conclusions from specifics
- assumptionsUnproven things taken as true
- typecastingAssigning actors similar roles
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
pigeonholing · caricatures · tropes · cliches · oversimplifications · labels · categorization · ethnic stereotypes · gender stereotypes · racial profiling
discrimination
Unjust differential treatment
- injusticeDenial of fair treatment
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- unfairnessUnjust or biased treatment
exclusion · marginalization · victimization · persecution · oppression · suffering · trauma · damage · wounds · scars
opinions
Subjective beliefs or assessments
- verdictsFormal trial conclusions
- conclusionsJudgments reached through reasoning
- assessmentsFormal judgments of value
evaluations · views · beliefs · convictions · perceptions · interpretations · appraisals · snap judgments · value judgments · moral judgments
- Assumptionsfalse assumption, stereotypes, generalizations, biases, expectations
- character traitspersonality, virtue, temperament, honor, disposition
- hidden thingssecrets, motives, agendas, subtext, undercurrents
- internalized beliefsvalues, beliefs, morals, attitudes, worldview
- knowledge gapsignorance, gaps, information gap, blind spots, blind spot
- misinformationmisinformation, disinformation, fake news, falsehoods, hoaxes
prejudicesopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
objectivity · impartiality · fair-mindedness · open minds · receptiveness
prejudicesfairness
Just and equal treatment
justice · justices · equity · impartiality · equal treatment
prejudicestolerance
Willingness to accept difference
tolerances · acceptance · inclusiveness · open-mindedness · broad-mindedness
- Pride and PrejudiceRegency courtship novel
- social prejudiceUnfair attitudes toward groups
- racial prejudiceBias against ethnic groups
- extreme prejudiceEuphemism for killing
- without prejudiceFree from preconceived notions
- with prejudiceDismissal preventing refiling
prejudice, prejudiced, unprejudiced, prejudicial, prejudicing, prejudicially