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prej⋅u⋅dice
[prej-uh-dis] 
ə
noun, verb, -diced, -dic⋅ing.–noun
| 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, esp. of a hostile nature, regarding a racial, religious, or national 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. |
–verb (used with object)
—Idiom| 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. |
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| prej·u·dice (prěj'ə-dĭs) n.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin praeiūdicium : prae-, pre- + iūdicium, judgment (from iūdex, iūdic-, judge; see deik- in Indo-European roots).] |
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Prejudice
Prej"u*dice\, n. [F. pr['e]judice, L. praejudicium; prae before + judicium judgment. See Prejudicate, Judicial.]1. Foresight. [Obs.] Naught might hinder his quick prejudize. --Spenser. 2. An opinion or judgment formed without due examination; prejudgment; a leaning toward one side of a question from other considerations than those belonging to it; an unreasonable predilection for, or objection against, anything; especially, an opinion or leaning adverse to anything, without just grounds, or before sufficient knowledge. Though often misled by prejudice and passion, he was emphatically an honest man. --Macaulay. 3. (Law) A bias on the part of judge, juror, or witness which interferes with fairness of judgment. 4. Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment. --Locke. England and France might, through their amity, Breed him some prejudice. --Shak. Syn: Prejudgment; prepossession; bias; harm; hurt; damage; detriment; mischief; disadvantage.Prejudice
Prej"u*dice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prejudiced; p. pr. & vb. n. Prejudicing.] [Cf. F. pr['e]judicier. See Prejudice, n.]1. To cause to have prejudice; to prepossess with opinions formed without due knowledge or examination; to bias the mind of, by hasty and incorrect notions; to give an unreasonable bent to, as to one side or the other of a cause; as, to prejudice a critic or a juryman. Suffer not any beloved study to prejudice your mind so far as to despise all other learning. --I. Watts 2. To obstruct or injure by prejudices, or by previous bias of the mind; hence, generally, to hurt; to damage; to injure; to impair; as, to prejudice a good cause. Seek how may prejudice the foe. --Shak
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Language Translation for : prejudice
Spanish:
prejuicio,
German:
das Vorurteil,
Japanese:
偏見
prejudice
A hostile opinion about some person or class of persons. Prejudice is socially learned and is usually grounded in misconception, misunderstanding, and inflexible generalizations. In particular, African-Americans have been victims of prejudice on a variety of social, economic, and political levels. (See civil rights movement and segregation.)
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prejudice (n.)
c.1290, from O.Fr. prejudice (13c.), from M.L. prejudicium "injustice," from L. præjudicium "prior judgment," from præ- "before" + judicium "judgment," from judex (gen. judicis) "judge." The notion is of "preconceived opinion;" the verb meaning "to affect or fill with prejudice" is from 1610.
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Main Entry: prej·u·dice
Pronunciation: 'pre-j&-d&s
Function: noun
Etymology: Old French, from Latin praejudicium previous judgment, damage, from prae- before + judicium judgment
1 : injury or detriment to one's legal rights or claims (as from the action of another): as a : substantial impairment of a defendant's ability to defend
2 : a final and binding decision (as an adjudication on the merits) that bars further prosecution of the same cause of action or motion
3 a : an irrational attitude of hostility directed against an individual, a group, a race, or their supposed characteristics
Main Entry: prejudice
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -diced; -dic·ing
1 : to injure or damage the rights of by some legal action or prejudice
2 : to injure or damage (rights) by some legal action or prejudice
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