Not liking someone because they're different from you.
I'm prejudice against her, because she's different from me.
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Hating/disliking a group of people for no good reason.
Example: racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableist, etc
Example: racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableist, etc
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Jim:You are very Prejudiced you Bigot,All groups want is to be seen as complex, multifaceted, and human
Jim:You are very Prejudiced you Bigot,All groups want is to be seen as complex, multifaceted, and human
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Get the Prejudice mug.A form of atheist bigotry characterized by pre‑judging individuals based on their religious, spiritual, or metaphysical affiliations, often assuming they are intellectually deficient, emotionally weak, or morally compromised. It manifests in dismissive labels (“she’s a woo‑woo,” “he’s a Bible thumper”), in assumptions tExample: “When she mentioned she practiced meditation rooted in Buddhist tradition, he immediately dismissed her professional competence—atheist prejudice, assuming spirituality precluded intelligence.”hat believers cannot be scientists or critical thinkers, and in the automatic attribution of any disagreement to the other’s “irrationality.” Atheist prejudice operates as a cognitive shortcut that allows the prejudiced person to avoid engaging with the actual person and their views.
Example: “When she mentioned she practiced meditation rooted in Buddhist tradition, he immediately dismissed her professional competence—atheist prejudice, assuming spirituality precluded intelligence.”
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Example: “When she mentioned her grandmother’s herbal remedies, he scoffed ‘prove it works.’ He didn’t ask about context or tradition—proof prejudice, dismissing non‑Western knowledge for failing a test it was never designed to pass.”
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Get the Proof Prejudice mug.The cognitive bias underlying Evidence Bigotry: a reflexive dismissal of any claim not accompanied by evidence in the form preferred by the prejudiced person, combined with a willingness to attribute the lack of such evidence to the claimant’s intellectual or mental deficiency. Evidence prejudice often operates automatically, without conscious malice—but its effects are silencing. It treats absence of double‑blind studies as proof of fraud, and it equates “not yet measured” with “unreal.” It is especially common in debates about spirituality, indigenous knowledge, and experiential claims.
Example: “He heard ‘energy healing’ and immediately said ‘that’s pseudoscience, there’s no evidence.’ He never asked what kind of evidence might be appropriate—evidence prejudice, dismissing a practice because it didn’t fit his evidentiary template.”
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