prejudice

See also: préjudice

English

Alternative forms

• præjudice (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French prejudice, from Latin praeiūdicium (“previous judgment or damage”), from prae- (“before”) + iūdicium (“judgment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪs/

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Noun

prejudice (countable and uncountable, plural prejudices)

1. (countable) An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Macaulay

     Though often misled by prejudice and passion, he was emphatically an honest man.

2. (countable) Any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative.
3. (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.

4. (obsolete) Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, London: William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto IX:

     […] the first did in the forepart sit, / That nought mote hinder his quicke preiudize: / He had a sharpe foresight, and working wit […]

5. (obsolete) Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Locke to this entry?)

   • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare

     England and France might, through their amity, / Breed him some prejudice.

Derived terms

• (law) without prejudice – without affecting a legal interest
• in prejudice of – to the detriment or injury of
• to the prejudice of – with resulting harm to

Related terms

• prejudge
• prejudicate

Translations

adverse judgement formed beforehand

• Arabic: تَحَيُّز‎‎ m (taḥayyuz)
• Armenian: նախապաշարմունք (hy) (naxapašarmunkʿ)
• Bashkir: хөрәфәт (xöräfät)
• Catalan: prejudici m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 成見 (zh), 成见 (zh) (chéngjiàn), 偏見 (zh), 偏见 (zh) (piānjiàn)

• Czech: předsudek (cs) m
• Danish: fordom c
• Dutch: vooroordeel (nl) n
• Estonian: eelarvamus
• Finnish: ennakkoluulo (fi)
• French: préjugé (fr) m
• German: Vorurteil (de) n, Voreingenommenheit f
• Greek: προκατάληψη (el) f (prokatálipsi)
• Hungarian: előítélet (hu)
• Italian: pregiudizio (it) m

• Japanese: 偏見 (ja) (へんけん, henken), 僻見 (へきけん, hekiken), 先入観 (せんにゅうかん, sennyūkan)
• Korean: 편견 (ko) (pyeon-gyeon)
• Latvian: aizspriedums m
• Lithuanian: išankstinis nusistatymas m
• Macedonian: предрасуда f (predrasuda)
• Norwegian: fordom (no) m
• Persian: پیشداوری‎‎ (pišdâvari)
• Polish: uprzedzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: preconceito (pt) m
• Romanian: prejudecată (ro) f
• Russian: предубежде́ние (ru) n (predubeždénije), предрассу́док (ru) m (predrassúdok), предвзя́тость (ru) f (predvzjátostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: предрасуда f (predrasuda)
• Slovak: predsudok m
• Spanish: prejuicio (es) m
• Swedish: fördom (sv) c

any preconceived opinion

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: předsudek (cs) m
• Danish: fordom c
• Dutch: vooroordeel (nl) n
• Finnish: ennakkokäsitys (fi)
• French: préjugé (fr) m, idée préconçue (fr) f
• German: Vorurteil (de) n
• Hungarian: elfogultság (hu)
• Japanese: 先入観 (せんにゅうかん, sen'nyūkan)

• Latvian: iepriekšēja noskaņošanās f pl, aizspriedums m
• Lithuanian: išankstinis nusistatymas m
• Norwegian: fordom (no) m
• Portuguese: prejulgamento m, pressuposição (pt) f, preconceito (pt) m
• Romanian: prejudecată (ro) f
• Russian: предубежде́ние (ru) n (predubeždénije), предрассу́док (ru) m (predrassúdok)
• Serbo-Croatian: предрасуда f (predrasuda)
• Slovak: predsudok m
• Spanish: prejuicio (es) m

irrational hostile attitude

• Danish: fordom c
• Finnish: ennakkoluuloisuus (fi), ennakkoluulo (fi)
• Greek: εμπάθεια (el) f (empátheia)

• Hungarian: előítélet (hu)
• Portuguese: preconceito (pt) m, intolerância (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian: предрасуда f (predrasuda)

damage caused

• French: préjudice (fr) m
• Romanian: prejudiciu (ro) n, daună (ro) f

• Russian: вред (ru) m (vred), уще́рб (ru) m (uščérb)

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: prejuicio m

Verb

prejudice (third-person singular simple present prejudices, present participle prejudicing, simple past and past participle prejudiced)

1. (transitive) To have a negative impact on someone's position, chances etc.
2. (transitive) To cause prejudice.

Related terms

• prejudge
• prejudiced

Translations

to have a negative impact

• Finnish: vahingoittaa (fi), vaarantaa (fi)
• Portuguese: prejudicar (pt)

• Romanian: prejudicia (ro)

to cause prejudice

• Finnish: tehdä ennakkoluuloiseksi, aiheuttaa ennakkoluuloja
• Portuguese: prejudicar (pt)

• Romanian: dăuna (ro), prejudicia (ro)

See also

• stereotype
• bias
• discrimination
• racism
• hatred

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeiudicium.

Noun

prejudice f (oblique plural prejudices, nominative singular prejudice, nominative plural prejudices)

1. (chiefly law) harm; damage
2. (chiefly law) prejudgment; prejudice

Descendants

• English: prejudice
• French: préjudice