prejudice
an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable.
unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding an ethnic, racial, social, or religious group.
such attitudes considered collectively: The war against prejudice is never-ending.
damage or injury; detriment: a law that operated to the prejudice of the majority.
to affect with a prejudice, either favorable or unfavorable: His honesty and sincerity prejudiced us in his favor.
Idioms about prejudice
without prejudice, Law. without dismissing, damaging, or otherwise affecting a legal interest or demand.
Origin of prejudice
1synonym study For prejudice
Other words for prejudice
Other words from prejudice
- prej·u·diced·ly, adverb
- prej·u·dice·less, adjective
- non·prej·u·diced, adjective
- qua·si-prej·u·diced, adjective
Words that may be confused with prejudice
- prejudiced , prejudicial
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How to use prejudice in a sentence
Watch without prejudice, though, and you realize: that's not what he said.
The suits were both withdrawn without prejudice, allowing the plaintiffs to refile.
Pursue a diplomatic path and avoid fighting, unless you have to, in which case take out whoever is necessary without prejudice.
That such inquiries must be conducted without prejudice need not now be enforced.
Comparative Religion | J. Estlin CarpenterMay my friends and colleagues, whose views differ from mine, read the following observations without prejudice.
Schweigger on Squint | C. Schweigger
He was an honest man, without prejudice, and long the peace-maker between the two parties.
The Long Night | Stanley WeymanWhen I courted her, I took lawyer's advice, and signed every letter to my love—'Yours, without prejudice!'
How to be Happy Though Married | E. J. Hardy.But, to be successful, an inquiry of this kind must be undertaken by the philosopher without prejudice and without sentiment.
Mysterious Psychic Forces | Camille Flammarion
British Dictionary definitions for prejudice
/ (ˈprɛdʒʊdɪs) /
an opinion formed beforehand, esp an unfavourable one based on inadequate facts
the act or condition of holding such opinions
intolerance of or dislike for people of a specific race, religion, etc
disadvantage or injury resulting from prejudice
to the prejudice of to the detriment of
without prejudice law without dismissing or detracting from an existing right or claim
to cause to be prejudiced
to disadvantage or injure by prejudice
Origin of prejudice
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for 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.)
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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