prejudicing
Tainting beforehand unfairly
Prejudicing is causing harm or disadvantage to something, particularly a legal case or someone's rights: Pretrial publicity risks prejudicing the jury.
It can also mean forming an opinion before having full information—biasing someone against a fair assessment: Don't let one bad experience prejudice you against the whole city.
Making more likely beforehand
- skewingCausing asymmetrical distortion
- slantingAngled from vertical
- distortingMisshaping or falsifying
- taintingPolluting or corrupting
coloring · swaying · tilting · jaundicing · warping · influencing · bending · angling
Oversimplified group-based judgments
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
xenophobia · ageism · classism · ableism · homophobia · exclusion · marginalization · othering
Causing loss or injury
- harmingCausing injury or damage
- impairingLessening ability or function
- jeopardizingPutting at serious risk
- compromisingExposing to harm or scandal
weakening · sabotaging · hindering · obstructing · thwarting · derailing · disadvantaging · injuring
predisposing
Making more likely beforehand
- skewingCausing asymmetrical distortion
- slantingAngled from vertical
- distortingMisshaping or falsifying
tainting · coloring · swaying · tilting · jaundicing · warping · influencing · bending · angling · steering
stereotyping
Oversimplified group-based judgments
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- sexismGender-based prejudice
intolerance · xenophobia · ageism · classism · ableism · homophobia · exclusion · marginalization · othering · profiling
damaging
Causing loss or injury
- harmingCausing injury or damage
- impairingLessening ability or function
- jeopardizingPutting at serious risk
compromising · weakening · sabotaging · hindering · obstructing · thwarting · derailing · disadvantaging · injuring · hurting
prejudicingbenefiting
Receiving advantage from
advantaging · helping · furthering · advancing · supporting
prejudicingstaying neutral