prejudice

prejudice
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noun
ADJECTIVE
deep, deep-rooted, deep-seated, strong
blatant
serious (esp. BrE), unfair (esp. BrE)
personal
popular

She has not been afraid to challenge popular prejudices.

old

It's hard to break down old prejudices.

blind, irrational
anti-Catholic, anti-gay, etc.
class, colour/color (esp. AmE), cultural, ethnic, political, race (esp. AmE), racial, religious, sexist, social
VERB + PREJUDICE
have, hold

We all have prejudices of some kind.

air, express

He sat there airing his personal prejudices.

appeal to, pander to

We must not pander to the irrational prejudices of a small minority.

confirm, reinforce
encounter

She had never encountered such deep prejudice before.

confront, face
suffer
challenge, fight
overcome, put aside

It's time to put aside our old prejudices.

break down, eliminate, eradicate
PREPOSITION
without prejudice

The tale is told without prejudice or bias.

prejudice about

a book written to challenge prejudices about disabled people

prejudice against

deep-rooted prejudice against homosexuals

prejudice among

prejudice among ignorant people

prejudice towards/toward

prejudice towards/toward immigrants

PHRASES
a victim of prejudice
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verb
1 cause sb to have a prejudice
ADVERB
unfairly
PREPOSITION
against, in favour/favor of

Newspaper reports had unfairly prejudiced the jury in her favour/favor.

2 (law) weaken sth/make it less fair
ADVERB
seriously, severely, substantially

This could seriously prejudice her safety.

unduly
VERB + PREJUDICE
be likely to

She did not disclose evidence that was likely to prejudice her client's case.

Prejudice is used with these nouns as the object: ↑chance

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