Prejudice has the following meanings : 1. an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason. 2. any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable. 3. unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding a racial, religious, or national group. 4. such attitudes considered collectively: The war against prejudice is never-ending. 5. damage or injury; detriment: a law that operated to the prejudice of the majority. Without an object, it is meant to be used as "to affect with a prejudice, either favorable or unfavorable: e.g. His honesty and sincerity prejudiced us in his favor. " ************************************************************************************************ It has a negative shade in meaning. As a result, being prejudiced is meant to be used as a criticism rather than a compliment. It is a favorable or unfavorable opinion formed about a specific person or group before knowing that person based on preconceived notions. The examples given above will help you understand how to use it. ************************************************************************************************

In this example, 'prejudice' simply means 'bias'. "the anthology reveals a prejudice in favour of lyric poets" means that this anthology favors lyric poets. A prejudice is usually a bad opinion about something without enough evidence. In this example the prejudice is in favor of lyric poets. This means that the anthology represents lyric poets disproportionately (too much). 'A prejudice in favor' is not a common expression. Another possible example is: if NHK only says good things about Yoshihiko Noda, then NHK has a prejudice in favor of Noda.