prejudiced► prejudiced someone who is prejudiced dislikes people of a different race, sex, social class etc. Laws, systems etc that are prejudiced have the effect of treating people of a particular race, sex, class etc unfairly: · Even today Southern states are seen as being more racially prejudiced than other states.· an outdated and prejudiced set of lawsprejudiced against: · People around here are sometimes prejudiced against Catholics.· He denies that he is prejudiced against women.
► racist believing that people of your race are naturally better, more intelligent etc than people of other races and therefore treating people of other races unfairly: · Asian kids in mostly white schools are well aware of the racist attitudes they face.· Community leaders have protested at the police's refusal to believe the attacks are racist in nature.· racist propaganda
► sexist behaving in a way that is unfair to people who belong to a particular sex. Sexist is usually used about people being unfair to women, and treating them unequally: · He has been accused of being sexist and insensitive.· Several women officers have complained about sexist attitudes in the police force.· He denies sending sexist and offensive material over the Internet to female colleagues.· a sexist remark
► homophobic someone who is homophobic hates gay people: · The band's lyrics have been criticized for being homophobic and racist. · Homophobic attitudes are still very common among teenagers.· homophobic legislation
► xenophobic someone who is xenophobic dislikes people from other countries and will not accept them in their own country or willingly work with them: · The party is right-wing and xenophobic.· There are warnings that the xenophobic practices of UK companies are costing business and jobs.
► bigoted having a completely unreasonable hatred for people of a different race, religion etc, based on strong and fixed opinions: · Bigoted attitudes don't change very quickly.· Her speech included a bigoted attack on Hispanics· He believes the political right in America is becoming dangerously bigoted.
► intolerant refusing to accept that other people have the right to have different beliefs, customs, or opinions from your own: · The police chief has been accused of being intolerant and ignorant.· Intolerant societies are often also among the most technologically backward.intolerant of: · The argument led to charges that the national organization is intolerant of dissent.
1not willing to accept ways of thinking and behaving that are different from your own OPP tolerantintolerant of
people who are intolerant of other people’s political beliefs2not able to take particular medicines or eat particular foods without suffering bad effectsintolerant of