<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.</li><li>any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable.</li><li>Synonyms: predisposition, predilection, partiality, preconception</li><li>unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding an ethnic, racial, social, or religious group.</li><li>such attitudes considered collectively: The war against prejudice is never-ending.</li><li>damage or injury; detriment: a law that operated to the prejudice of the majority.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong> (used with object)</p><ul><li>prejudiced, prejudicing: to affect with a prejudice, either favorable or unfavorable: His honesty and sincerity prejudiced us in his favor.</li><li>Synonyms: influence, bias</li></ul>