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prejudiced

adjective
prej·​u·​diced | \ ˈpre-jə-dəst How to pronounce prejudiced (audio) \

Definition of prejudiced

: resulting from or having a prejudice or bias for or especially against

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Prejudice: For or Against?

Although prejudice, with its connotations of intolerance , implies a negative bias, the word can be used in positive constructions:

I, too, appreciate projects that treat a difficult subject with rigor, although I'll confess to harboring a bit of prejudice toward thing-biographies.
Adam Baer, Harper's, May 2011

That's true for the participial adjective prejudiced as well:

“The question itself as posed in the survey obviously is prejudiced in favor of the program,” said Tod Story, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada.
Neal Morton, Las Vegas Review Journal, 2 Aug. 2016

In negative constructions, prejudice and prejudiced often precede against:

Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob Walker on Tuesday ruled that claims of juror misconduct by former House Speaker Mike Hubbard failed to show that the jury was prejudiced against Hubbard.
Mike Cason, AL.com, 19 Oct. 2016

Examples of prejudiced in a Sentence

Most Americans deny being prejudiced against people of other races. I was prejudiced against the movie because of its title.

Recent Examples on the Web

Police connected the account to Reardon and discovered that his account had posted racist slurs and other prejudiced comments, local ABC affiliate WYTV reported. Tara Law, Time, "Ohio Police Arrest White Supremacist Who Allegedly Threatened to Attack Jewish Community Center," 18 Aug. 2019 Where other artists would shy away due to fear of being dropped by a more conservative audience, Swift has planted herself firmly as an ally to the LGBTQ community, regardless of what some prejudiced listeners may think. Stephen Daw, Billboard, "Why Taylor Swift's Open Support of the LGBTQ Community Should Be Celebrated," 14 June 2019 And it was built, through excellence, on combating prejudiced views of what's possible and what's proper for female athletes. Jerry Brewer, chicagotribune.com, "Megan Rapinoe isn’t here to make you comfortable," 26 June 2019 And there are worries that even casual, offhand comments can desensitize people to prejudiced tropes that can marginalize and demonize Jews. Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, "With antisemitism on the rise, criticism of Israel fuels political charges of hate," 11 July 2019 This interpretation may be overly generous to the Founders, many of whom had already concluded that racial coexistence after emancipation would be as great a challenge for prejudiced white people as ending slavery. Nicholas Guyatt, The New York Review of Books, "How Proslavery Was the Constitution?," 6 June 2019 The first step is to recognize the prejudiced messages that make their way into the public square. Carrie Lukas, WSJ, "Check Your Progressive Privilege," 12 Dec. 2018 Additionally, the department noted that Brown, who is black, made prejudiced comments during the encounter. P.r. Lockhart, Vox, "An 11-year-old girl was suspected of shoplifting groceries. So a police officer tased her.," 6 Sep. 2018 Russian officials have mocked the British, calling their investigation bungled, prejudiced and designed to stir anti-Russia sentiments. William Booth, Washington Post, "How a Russian ex-spy was saved from one of the deadliest nerve agents ever made," 29 May 2018

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First Known Use of prejudiced

1579, in the meaning defined above

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prejudiced

adjective
prej·​u·​diced | \ ˈpre-jə-dəst\

Kids Definition of prejudiced

: having or showing an unfair dislike of a person or group because of some characteristic (as race or religion) a prejudiced comment

prejudiced

adjective
prej·​u·​diced | \ ˈpre-jə-dəst\

Legal Definition of prejudiced

: resulting from or having a prejudice or bias for or especially against alleged that the trial judge was prejudiced

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