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prejudice en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English prejudice, from Old French prejudice, derived from Latin praeiūdicium (“previous judgment or damage”), from prae- (“before”) + iūdicium (“judgment”).
Meanings
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(alt-of, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of prejudiced, representing African-American Vernacular English.
I’m not what you call an “A” student but I don’t mind school at lease it takes me away from home but the teachers are too prejudice they are mostly Whites and I never got a fair mark out of them.
1965, Bel Kaufman, Up the Down Staircase:
Forms
Relateds
racism · stereotype · hatred · discrimination · bias
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prejudice en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English prejudice, from Old French prejudice, derived from Latin praeiūdicium (“previous judgment or damage”), from prae- (“before”) + iūdicium (“judgment”).
Meanings
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(countable) An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.
Though often misled by prejudice and passion, he was emphatically an honest man.
1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter VII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:Many of the inhabitants of our Eastern States refuse to eat Squirrels of any kind, from some prejudice or other; but we can assure our readers that the flesh of this species, and many others, is both tender and well-flavoured, and when nicely broiled, does not require a hunter’s appetite to recommend it.
1846, John James Audubon, John Bachman, The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America:
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(countable) A preconception, any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative.
Morality is but a prejudice.
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(countable) An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.
I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.
"I did not thoroughly understand what you were telling your brother," cried Emma, "about your friend Mr. Graham's intending to have a bailiff from Scotland, to look after his new estate. But will it answer? Will not the old prejudice be too strong?"
1816, Jane Austen, Emma:
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.
[…] the first did in the forepart sit, / That nought mote hinder his quicke preiudize: / He had a sharpe foresight, and working wit […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.
We both of us happen’d to know, as well as the Stationer, that Riddlesden the Attorney, was a very Knave. He had half ruin’d Miss Read’s Father by drawing him in to be bound for him. By his Letter it appear’d, there was a secret Scheme on foot to the Prejudice of Hamilton, (Suppos’d to be then coming over with us,) and that Keith was concern’d in it with Riddlesden. [...]
1793, Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, §20:for no injury is thereby done to any one, no prejudice to another man's goods
1702, John Locke, translated by W. Popple, A Letter concerning Toleration […] :For Pens, so usefull for Scholars to note the remarkables they read, with an impression easily deleble without prejudice to the Book.
a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:England and France might, through their amity, / Breed him some prejudice.
1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
Forms
Antonyms
impartiality · fairness · equity · equality · tolerance · disinterest
Deriveds
terminate with extreme prejudice · extreme prejudice · without prejudice · prejudicious · self-prejudice · homoprejudice · heteroprejudice · postjudice · to the prejudice of · in prejudice of · antiprejudice · disprejudice · counterprejudice · unprejudice · with prejudice · biprejudice · prejudiceless · prejudicer · transprejudice
Hypernyms
anger · partiality · inclination · resentment · hatred · fear · unfairness · preference
Hyponyms
xenophobia · handism · voicism · alphabetism · youthism · fursecution · linguism · speciesism · breedism · clonism · sizeism · sexualism · casteism · ageism · transphobia · racism · homophobia · singlism · parentism · languagism · aporophobia · heightism · antidentite · rankism · classism · rockism · bodyism · cissexism · clannism · childism · colorism · lookism · religism · linguicism · ableism · sexism
Relateds
persecution · superiority · misprejudiced · holocaust · apartheid · prejudicate · bigoted · purge · Inquisition · prejudge · pogrom · inferiority · ethnic cleansing
Synonyms
one-sidedness · bigotry · clannishness · inequity · inequality · jaundiced eye · partisanship · bias · narrow-mindedness · chauvinism · intolerance · discrimination
Translations (138)
eo antaŭjuĝo (any preconceived opinion) · ja 偏見 (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · fa-ira پیشداوَری (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · bg предубежде́ние (any preconceived opinion) · lt išankstinis nusistatymas (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · fi vihamielinen ennakkoasenne (irrational hostile attitude) · sh prèdrāsuda (irrational hostile attitude) · de Vorurteil (irrational hostile attitude) · fr préjugé (any preconceived opinion) · ro daună (damage caused) · cs předsudek (any preconceived opinion) · hi पूर्वाग्रह (any preconceived opinion) · sh prèdrāsuda (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · vi định kiến (any preconceived opinion) · bg предубежде́ние (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · eo antaŭjuĝo (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · ru предрассу́док (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · ms prasangka (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · tr ön yargı (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · km អគតិ (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · de Schaden (damage caused) · ru предвзя́тость (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · el εμπάθεια (irrational hostile attitude) · lt išankstinis nusistatymas (any preconceived opinion) · ja 先入観 (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · pt prejulgamento (any preconceived opinion) · lv iepriekšēja noskaņošanās (any preconceived opinion) · hy նախապաշարմունք (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · fi ennakkoluuloisuus (irrational hostile attitude) · it pregiudizio (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · fi ennakkoluulo (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · sh прѐдра̄суда (irrational hostile attitude) · cmn 偏見 /偏见 (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · tpi tingting nogut (irrational hostile attitude) · tg таассуб (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · he דֵּעָה קְדוּמָה (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · th อคติ (irrational hostile attitude) · ms prejudis (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · da fordom (any preconceived opinion) · id prasangka (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · lv aizspriedums (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · sh prèdrāsuda (any preconceived opinion) · pt intolerância (irrational hostile attitude) · uk упере́дженість (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · sk predsudok (any preconceived opinion) · hi पूर्वाग्रह (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · sl predsodek (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · de Vorurteil (any preconceived opinion) · ko 선입관 (any preconceived opinion) · nb fordom (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · tg ғалатфаҳмӣ (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · ru вред (damage caused) · az qərəz (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · ar إِجْحَاف (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · hu előítélet (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · be прадузя́цце (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · tl prehuwisyo (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · cmn 成見 /成见 (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · ka ცრურწმენა (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · my ဘက်လိုက်မှု (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · pt prejuízo (damage caused) · vi định kiến (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · ur تَعَصُّب (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · de vorgefasste Meinung (any preconceived opinion) · lo ອະຄະຕິ (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · fi (vihamielinen) ennakkoluulo (irrational hostile attitude) · be прадузя́цьце (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · bg предразсъ́дък (any preconceived opinion) · th อคติ (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · tpi pasin birua (irrational hostile attitude) · sk predsudok (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · fa-ira تَعَصُّب (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · mk предрасуда (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · ro prejudecată (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · bg вреда́ (damage caused) · pt preconceito (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · uk упере́дження (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · kmr pêşdarazî (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · be прадузя́тасць (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · sh прѐдра̄суда (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · da fordom (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · cmn 成見 /成见 (any preconceived opinion) · ro prejudiciu (damage caused) · th ความลำเอียง (irrational hostile attitude) · nl vooroordeel (any preconceived opinion) · de Voreingenommenheit (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · hu előítélet (irrational hostile attitude) · ru предубежде́ние (any preconceived opinion) · es prejuicio (irrational hostile attitude) · be прадузя́тасьць (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · ko 편견 (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · tr önyargı (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · got 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · ru предрассу́док (any preconceived opinion) · kk ағат пікірлілік (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · et eelarvamus (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · fr préjugé (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · lv aizspriedums (any preconceived opinion) · sq tangë (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · grc πρόκριμα (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · sq paragjykim (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · hu elfogultság (any preconceived opinion) · pl uprzedzenie (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · es prejuicio (any preconceived opinion) · sh предубеђење (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · ar تَحَيُّز (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · ja 先入観 (any preconceived opinion) · cs předsudek (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · ro prejudecată (any preconceived opinion) · fi ennakkokäsitys (any preconceived opinion) · nb fordom (any preconceived opinion) · ca prejudici (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · ar تَحَامُل (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · fr idée préconçue (any preconceived opinion) · uz taassub (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · sh predubeđenje (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · th อุปาทาน (any preconceived opinion) · ru уще́рб (damage caused) · nl vooroordeel (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · sh прѐдра̄суда (any preconceived opinion) · is fordómar (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · pi agati (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · da fordom (irrational hostile attitude) · uz xurofot (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · pt preconceito (any preconceived opinion) · bg предразсъ́дък (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · fr préjudice (damage caused) · pt preconceito (irrational hostile attitude) · sv fördom (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · hi तअस्सुब (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · es prejuicio (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · el προκατάληψη (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · az xurafat (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · ba хөрәфәт (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · de Vorurteil (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · ja 僻見 (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · ru предубежде́ние (adverse judgement formed beforehand) · pt pressuposição (any preconceived opinion)
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prejudice en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English prejudice, from Old French prejudice, derived from Latin praeiūdicium (“previous judgment or damage”), from prae- (“before”) + iūdicium (“judgment”).
Meanings
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(transitive) To have a negative impact on (someone's position, chances etc.).
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(transitive) To cause prejudice in; to bias the mind of.
Forms
Relateds
prejudiced · prejudge
Translations (11)
es prejuiciar (to cause prejudice) · ro dăuna (to cause prejudice) · fi aiheuttaa ennakkoluuloja (to cause prejudice) · ro prejudicia (to cause prejudice) · es perjudicar (to have a negative impact) · fi tehdä ennakkoluuloiseksi (to cause prejudice) · fi vahingoittaa (to have a negative impact) · pt prejudicar (to have a negative impact) · ro prejudicia (to have a negative impact) · pt prejudicar (to cause prejudice) · fi vaarantaa (to have a negative impact)
wikipedia: prejudice