Thesaurus:prejudice

Thesaurus

prejudice

English

Noun

Sense: an irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group

Synonyms

• bigotry
• bias
• chauvinism
• clannishness
• discrimination
• inequality    [⇒ thesaurus]
• inequity
• intolerance
• jaundiced eye
• narrow-mindedness
• one-sidedness
• partisanship
• prejudice

Antonyms

• disinterest
• equality    [⇒ thesaurus]
• equity
• fairness
• impartiality
• tolerance

Hyponyms

• ableism    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ageism
• alphabetism
• antidentite (rare)
• aporophobia
• bodyism    [⇒ thesaurus]
• breedism
• casteism
• childism
• cissexism
• clannism
• classism
• clonism (rare)
• colorism
• fursecution
• handism
• heightism
• homophobia
• languagism
• linguicism
• linguism
• lookism
• parentism
• racism    [⇒ thesaurus]
• rankism
• religism    [⇒ thesaurus]
• rockism
• sexism    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sexualism    [⇒ thesaurus]
• singlism
• sizeism
• speciesism
• transphobia    [⇒ thesaurus]
• voicism
• xenophobia
• youthism

Hypernyms

• anger    [⇒ thesaurus]
• fear    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hatred
• inclination
• partiality
• preference
• unfairness
• resentment

Various

• inferiority    [⇒ thesaurus]
• superiority    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• apartheid
• ethnic cleansing
• holocaust
• Inquisition
• persecution
• pogrom
• purge

See also

• Thesaurus:bigoted

Further reading

• “481. misjudgement” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “606. obstinacy” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “prejudice” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.