What Are Some Synonyms For Prejudice?

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  • bias,
  • favor,
  • nonobjectivity,
  • one-sidedness,
  • parti pris,
  • partiality,
  • partisanship,
  • ply,

What is the synonym and antonym of prejudice?

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms

prejudice. Antonyms:

judgment, fairness, impartiality

, advantage. Synonyms: prepossession, prejudgment, predisposition, bias, unfairness, injury, harm, impairment, detriment, partiality, disadvantage, damage.

What is a antonym for prejudice?

Opposite of a preconceived opinion or bias, especially one that is not based on reason.

impartiality

.

neutrality

.

objectivity

.

unbiasedness

.

How would you describe prejudice?

Prejudice is

an assumption or an opinion about someone simply based on that person’s membership to a particular group

. For example, people can be prejudiced against someone else of a different ethnicity, gender, or religion.

What is the synonym of prejudice?

  • bias,
  • favor,
  • nonobjectivity,
  • one-sidedness,
  • parti pris,
  • partiality,
  • partisanship,
  • ply,

What causes prejudice?

Prejudice in people can be caused by

psychological sources

in addition to social sources, such as what is learned from parents and friends. Among psychological causes, prejudice can develop from a person’s feelings of insecurity and inferiority.

Is bias the same as prejudice?

Prejudice – an opinion against a group or an individual based on insufficient facts and usually unfavourable and/or intolerant. Bias –

very similar to but not as extreme as prejudice

. Someone who is biased usually refuses to accept that there are other views than their own.

What Unbias means?

1 :

free from bias especially

: free from all prejudice and favoritism : eminently fair an unbiased opinion. 2 : having an expected value equal to a population parameter being estimated an unbiased estimate of the population mean.

What is another word for social prejudice?


discrimination


intolerance
social monoculturalism reverse discrimination zealotry bellicism looking after one’s own flag-waving race snobbery Anti-Semitism

What are 5 types of prejudice?

  • Racism.
  • Sexism.
  • Ageism.
  • Classism.
  • Homophobia.
  • Nationalism.
  • Religious prejudice.
  • Xenophobia.

What is a good example of prejudice?

An example of prejudice is

having a negative attitude toward people who are not born in the United States

. Although people holding this prejudiced attitude do not know all people who were not born in the United States, they dislike them due to their status as foreigners.

What are the 3 types of prejudice?

Prejudice can be classified into three different categories:

cognitive prejudice, affective prejudice, and conative prejudice

.

What are the 4 theories of prejudice?

  • Authoritarian Personality.
  • Realistic Conflict Theory – Robbers Cave.
  • Stereotyping.
  • Social identity Theory.

What are the negative effects of prejudice?

Prejudice makes the victim feel less than fully human. When people are undervalued by others,

their self-esteem suffers and they stop trying to improve themselves

. Prejudice can often lead to bullying and other forms of discrimination .

What is an example of prejudice in school?

Research shows that the types of prejudice are numerous and include

racism, sexism, lookism, LGBT-based, disability-based, religious-based, and weight-based prejudices

. The study also found students are negatively affected in many areas such as mental health, physical health, and academic achievement.

What is bias example?

Biases are beliefs that are not founded by known facts about someone or about a particular group of individuals. For example, one common bias is that

women are weak

(despite many being very strong). Another is that blacks are dishonest (when most aren’t).

Amira Khan
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Amira Khan
Amira Khan is a philosopher and scholar of religion with a Ph.D. in philosophy and theology. Amira's expertise includes the history of philosophy and religion, ethics, and the philosophy of science. She is passionate about helping readers navigate complex philosophical and religious concepts in a clear and accessible way.