Prejudice
Prejudice noun - An attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities.
Usage example: her lifelong prejudice against doing “dirty” jobs
Predilection and prejudice are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Predilection" instead the word "Prejudice" as a noun or a verb.
Nearby Words: prejudiced, prejudicial, prejudicing
Predilection
Predilection noun - A habitual attraction to some activity or thing.
Usage example: a young lad with a predilection for telling tall tales
Prejudice and predilection are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Prejudice" instead the word "Predilection" as a noun or a verb.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- inclination and prejudice
- inclination and predilection
- disposition and prejudice
- disposition and predilection
- partiality and prejudice
- partiality and predilection
- bent and prejudice
- bent and predilection
- bias and prejudice
- bias and predilection
- slant and prejudice
- slant and predilection
- taste and prejudice
- taste and predilection
How words are described
| special | special prejudice | special predilection |
| particular | particular prejudice | particular predilection |
| similar | similar prejudice | similar predilection |
| violent | violent prejudice | violent predilection |
| Other adjectives: general. | ||
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