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Definitions for Prejudice
[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 an ethnic, racial, social, or religious 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.
[6] to affect with a prejudice, either favorable or unfavorable: His honesty and sincerity prejudiced us in his favor.
[7] without prejudice , Law . without dismissing, damaging, or otherwise affecting a legal interest or demand.
[8] an opinion formed beforehand, esp an unfavourable one based on inadequate facts
[9] the act or condition of holding such opinions
[10] intolerance of or dislike for people of a specific race, religion, etc
[11] disadvantage or injury resulting from prejudice
[12] to the prejudice of to the detriment of
[13] without prejudice law without dismissing or detracting from an existing right or claim
[14] to cause to be prejudiced
[15] to disadvantage or injure by prejudice
Words related to Prejudice
bigotry, enmity, discrimination, racism, bias, preconception, injustice, sexism, animosity, chauvinism, xenophobia, hinder, harm, prejudge, skew, slant, distort, impair, predispose, poison
Words nearby Prejudice
preindustrial, preinform, preinvasive, prejudge, prejudging, prejudice, prejudicial, prelacy, prelapsarian, prelate, prelate nullius
Origin of Prejudice
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin praejūdicium prejudgment, orig. preliminary or previous judicial inquiry, equivalent to prae- pre- + jūdicium legal proceedings, judging (jūdic-, stem of jūdex judge + -ium -ium)
Words that may be confused with Prejudice
Other words from Prejudice
prej·u·diced·ly , adverb
prej·u·dice·less , adjective
non·prej·u·diced , adjective
qua·si-prej·u·diced , adjective
Word origin for Prejudice
C13: from Old French préjudice, from Latin praejūdicium a preceding judgment, disadvantage, from prae before + jūdicium trial, sentence, from jūdex a judge
Synonyms for Prejudice
animosity, bias, bigotry, chauvinism, discrimination, enmity, injustice, preconception, racism, sexism, xenophobia, ageism, antipathy, apartheid, aversion, contemptuousness, detriment, disgust, dislike, displeasure, illiberality, mindset, narrow-mindedness, partiality, pique, prejudgment, prepossession, repugnance, revulsion, slant, spleen, tilt, twist, umbrage, unfairness, warp, bad opinion, disrelish, foregone conclusion, jaundiced eye, misjudgment, one-sidedness, preconceived notion