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Sexism may be regularly sparked by vodka essence in non-alcoholic drink (9)

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prejudice

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(Other definitions for prejudice that I've seen before include "Bias" , "Intolerance" , "Influence (someone's) opinion in advance" , "Bigotry" , "Make biased" .)

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