prejudiced

/ˈprɛdʒədəst/

/ˈprɛdʒədɪst/

If you've decided that you don't like or trust someone before you've actually met them, you're prejudiced. It's unfortunately common to have prejudiced views of people who are different from you.

It's prejudiced to have negative opinions about people because of their gender, religion, skin color, or the language they speak. It's equally prejudiced to say things like "She can't be very smart — her family is poor" or "They are so old, there's no way they'll think this movie is funny." Each of these statements reveals an unfair, preconceived idea of what someone is like based on one personal characteristic.

Definitions of prejudiced

1. adjective

   being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand
   “a prejudiced judge”

   synonyms: discriminatory

   homophobic

   prejudiced against homosexual people

   jaundiced

   showing or affected by prejudice or envy or distaste

   loaded

   (of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence

   antiblack, racist

   discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion

   sexist

   discriminatory on the basis of sex (usually said of men's attitude toward women)

   antonyms:

   unprejudiced

   free from undue bias or preconceived opinions

   color-blind, colour-blind, nonracist

   unprejudiced about race

   open, receptive

   ready or willing to receive favorably
2. adjective

   emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices
   synonyms:

   subjective

   taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias