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
Noun
prejudice (countable and uncountable, plural prejudices)
- (countable) An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.
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- Though often misled by prejudice and passion, he was emphatically an honest man.
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- (countable) Any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative.
- (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.
- (obsolete) Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- […] the first did in the forepart sit, / That nought mote hinder his quicke preiudize: / He had a sharpe foresight, and working wit […]
- (obsolete) Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.
- 1793, Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin[1], §20:
- 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. [...]
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- England and France might, through their amity, / Breed him some prejudice.
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- For Pens, so usefull for Scholars to note the remarkables they read, with an impression easily deleble without prejudice to the Book.
Derived terms
- (law) with prejudice – precluding subsequent action
- (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
- prejudicious
Related terms
Translations
adverse judgement formed beforehand
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any preconceived opinion
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irrational hostile attitude
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damage caused
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Verb
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- (transitive) To have a negative impact on (someone's position, chances etc.).
- (transitive) To cause prejudice in; to bias the mind of.
Related terms
Translations
to have a negative impact
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to cause prejudice
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See also
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praeiudicium.
Noun
prejudice oblique singular, f (oblique plural prejudices, nominative singular prejudice, nominative plural prejudices)
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