prejudice
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English prejudice, from Old French prejudice, derived from Latin praeiūdicium (“previous judgment or damage”), from prae- (“before”) + iūdicium (“judgment”).
Inflected forms:
form: prejudices
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: præjudice
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: p͛judice
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
obsolete
form: prejudices
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: prejudicing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: prejudiced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: prejudiced
pos: verb
tags: past
form: præjudice
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: p͛judice
pos: verb
tags: alternative
abbreviation
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: 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.
Though often misled by prejudice and passion, he was emphatically an honest man.
gloss: A preconception, any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Morality is but a prejudice.
gloss: An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: 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?"
gloss: Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: […] the first did in the forepart sit, / That nought mote hinder his quicke preiudize: / He had a sharpe foresight, and working wit […]
gloss: Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: England and France might, through their amity, / Breed him some prejudice.
For Pens, so usefull for Scholars to note the remarkables they read, with an impression easily deleble without prejudice to the Book.
for no injury is thereby done to any one, no prejudice to another man's goods
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. [...]
gloss: To have a negative impact on (someone's position, chances etc.).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To cause prejudice in; to bias the mind of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: bigotry
bias
chauvinism
clannishness
discrimination
inequality
inequity
intolerance
jaundiced eye
narrow-mindedness
one-sidedness
partisanship
Antonyms: disinterest
equality
equity
fairness
impartiality
tolerance
Related words: misprejudiced
prejudicate
inferiority
superiority
apartheid
ethnic cleansing
holocaust
Inquisition
persecution
pogrom
purge
bigoted
prejudge
prejudiced
Derived words: antiprejudice
biprejudice
counterprejudice
disprejudice
extreme prejudice
heteroprejudice
homoprejudice
in prejudice of
postjudice
prejudiceless
prejudicer
prejudicious
self-prejudice
terminate with extreme prejudice
to the prejudice of
transprejudice
unprejudice
without prejudice
with prejudice
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