- prejudice
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ 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, socialVERB + 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, eradicatePREPOSITION▪ 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{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verb1 cause sb to have a prejudiceADVERB▪ unfairlyPREPOSITION▪ against, in favour/favor of▪Newspaper reports had unfairly prejudiced the jury in her favour/favor.
2 (law) weaken sth/make it less fairADVERB▪ seriously, severely, substantially▪This could seriously prejudice her safety.
▪ undulyVERB + 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
Collocations dictionary. 2013.