social prejudice
Bias against others
Social prejudice is bias against people based on their membership in a social group—whether defined by race, class, religion, gender, sexuality, or other categories.
The term emphasizes that prejudice operates through social structures and learned attitudes rather than individual quirks: Social prejudice kept qualified candidates from advancing.
Unlike personal dislike, social prejudice reflects broader patterns of discrimination embedded in culture and institutions.
- bullyingAggressive repeated intimidation
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
- redliningRefusing loans by neighborhood
- wage gapDisparity in earnings
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
implicit bias · in-group bias · racial profiling · slavery · name-calling · harassment · apartheid · ethnocentrism · skin color · scapegoating · othering · systemic racism · unequal treatment · segregation · workplace discrimination · old boys club · voter suppression · cultural appropriation
social prejudiceimpartiality
Freedom from prejudice
objectivity · open-mindedness · fair-mindedness · critical thinking · receptivity
social prejudicetolerance
Willingness to accept difference
acceptance · open-mindedness · inclusivity · egalitarianism · social acceptance
social prejudiceequality
Same status for all
equal treatment · fairness · social justice · nondiscrimination · equity
social, society, societal, socialize, socialization, socialism, socialist, sociable, sociability