preconceito
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pre- (“pre-”) + conceito (“concept”), from Latin conceptus (“thought, purpose”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ejtu
- Hyphenation: pre‧con‧cei‧to
Noun[edit]
preconceito m (plural preconceitos)
- (uncountable) prejudice (adverse judgement formed beforehand)
- Synonyms: discriminação, intolerância, prejulgamento, racismo
- prejudice (any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative)
- a single instance of prejudice
- a superstitious aversion to something
- Synonym: cisma
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- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ejtu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ejtu/4 syllables
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