Prejudice can be an affective feeling towards a person based on their perceived group membership. The word is often used to refer to a preconceived evaluation or classification of another person based on that person's perceived personal characteristics, such as political affiliation, sex, gender, gender identity, beliefs, values, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race, ethnicity, language, nationality, culture, complexion, beauty, height, body weight, occupation, wealth, education, criminality, sport-team affiliation, music tastes or other perceived characteristics.

धर्मांधता मन की अवस्था है जिसमें व्यक्ति हठपूर्वक, युक्तिपूर्वक, असहनशीलता दिखाते हुए अन्य नस्ल, राष्ट्रीयता, लिंग, यौन अभिविन्यास, सामाजिक आर्थिक स्थिति, विशेषकर धर्म के व्यक्तियों को नापसंद करता हैं।