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Adjective: prejudiced  pre-ju-dist
  1. Being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand
    "a prejudiced judge";
    - discriminatory
     
  2. Emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices
    "His prejudiced views on immigration were not based on facts"
Verb: prejudice  pre-ju-dis
  1. (justice) disadvantage by prejudice
    "The biased media coverage prejudiced the jury against the defendant"
     
  2. Influence (somebody's) opinion in advance
    "The negative news reports prejudiced the jury against the defendant";
    - prepossess

See also: ex parte, homophobic, jaundiced, loaded, racist, sexist, subjective, transphobic

Type of: act upon, disadvantage, disfavor [US], disfavour [Brit, Cdn], influence, work

Encyclopedia: Prejudiced

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