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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or state of holding unreasonable preconceived judgments or convictions.
- noun An adverse judgment or opinion formed unfairly or without knowledge of the facts.
- noun Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular social group, such as a race or the adherents of a religion.
- noun Detriment or harm caused to a person, especially in a legal case.
- noun Preclusionary effect, preventing further pursuit of one's interests.
- transitive verb To fill with prejudice or cause to judge with prejudice. synonym: bias.
- transitive verb To affect detrimentally or harmfully by a judgment or act.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To implant a prejudice in the mind of; bias; give an unfair bent to.
- To create a prejudice against; injure by prejudice; hurt, impair, or damage in any way.
- Synonyms To prepossess, warp.
- noun An opinion or decision formed without due examination of the facts or arguments which are necessary to a just and impartial determination; a prejudgment; also, a state of mind which forms or induces prejudgment; bias or leaning, favorable or unfavorable; prepossession: when used absolutely, generally with an unfavorable meaning: as, a man of many prejudices; we should clear our minds of prejudice.
- noun Injury, as resulting from unfavorable prejudgment; detriment; hurt; damage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To cause to have prejudice; to prepossess with opinions formed without due knowledge or examination; to bias the mind of, by hasty and incorrect notions; to give an unreasonable bent to, as to one side or the other of a cause.
- transitive verb To obstruct or injure by prejudices, or by previous bias of the mind; hence, generally, to hurt; to damage; to injure; to impair.
- noun obsolete Foresight.
- noun An opinion or judgment formed without due examination; prejudgment; a leaning toward one side of a question from other considerations than those belonging to it; an unreasonable predilection for, or objection against, anything; especially, an opinion or leaning adverse to anything, without just grounds, or before sufficient knowledge.
- noun (Law) A bias on the part of judge, juror, or witness which interferes with fairness of judgment.
- noun Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.
- noun Any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative.
- noun An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.
- noun The damage caused by such fear or hatred.
- noun obsoleteKnowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.
- verb transitive To have a negative impact on someone's position, chances etc.
- verb transitive To cause prejudice.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb influence (somebody's) opinion in advance
- noun a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
- verb disadvantage by prejudice
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin praeiūdicium : prae-, pre- + iūdicium, judgment (from iūdex, iūdic-, judge; see deik- in Indo-European roots).]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Old French préjudice, from Latin praeiūdicium ("previous judgment or damage"), from prae- ("before") + iūdicium ("judgment").
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In this sense, stereotypes conform to the literal meaning of the word "prejudice," which is a prejudgment, derived from the Latin praejudicium.
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In this sense, stereotypes conform to the literal meaning of the word "prejudice," which is a prejudgment, derived from the Latin praejudicium.
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In this sense, stereotypes conform to the literal meaning of the word "prejudice," which is a prejudgment, derived from the Latin praejudicium.
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