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- pronunciation:
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| definition 1: |
A prejudice is an opinion that you have about something even though you don't know any of the facts about it.
Lara has a prejudice about seafood; she's never tried it but she thinks it will taste bad.- similar words:
- opinion
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| definition 2: |
When people feel prejudice toward people of another group, they hate them or treat them badly without any reason except that they are different from themselves. They hate them without knowing anything about them as real people. They only know that they look different or believe in a different religion or have different ideas.
The new law is designed to protect people from prejudice and help them be treated fairly.- similar words:
- racism
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| related words: |
favor |
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