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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Synonyms:

Prejudgment, prepossession (against), bias, unfairness, preconception, partiality, Bias, warp, prepossess unfavorably, influence against / Harm, mischief, hurt, detriment, loss, injury, damage, disadvantage, impairment, Injure, damage, hurt, impair, diminish

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Prejudice — prejudice … Dictionary of sociology
préjudice — [ preʒydis ] n. m. • 1265; lat. præjudicium « jugement anticipé », de præjudicare « préjuger » 1 ♦ Perte d un bien, d un avantage par le fait d autrui; acte ou événement nuisible aux intérêts de qqn et le plus souvent contraire au droit, à la… … Encyclopédie Universelle
prejudice — prej·u·dice 1 / pre jə dəs/ n [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… … Law dictionary
prejudice — Prejudice, in normal usage, means preconceived opinion or bias, against or in favour of, a person or thing. While it is important to remember that biases can be positive as well as negative, nevertheless the term most commonly refers to a… … Dictionary of sociology
préjudice — Préjudice. s. m. Tort, dommage. Notable préjudice. préjudice fort considerable. porter préjudice à quelqu un, luy causer, luy faire un grand préjudice. souffrir un grand préjudice. cela me seroit d un grand préjudice. On dit, Au préjudice de sa… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Prejudice — Préjudice Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sommaire 1 Droit 2 Cinéma 3 Musique … Wikipédia en Français
prejudice — Prejudice, m. penac. Est avantjugé, un jugement donné qui fait consequence à ce qui reste à juger, Praeiudicium. Voilà pourquoy on en use pour dommage, comme, Cela tourne à mon grand prejudice, Id magno mihi est detrimento. Et, Sans prejudice de… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prejudice — [prej′ə dis] n. [ME < MFr < L praejudicium < prae , before (see PRE ) + judicium, judgment < judex (gen. judicis), JUDGE] 1. a judgment or opinion formed before the facts are known; preconceived idea, favorable or, more usually,… … English World dictionary
prejudice — in the meaning ‘bias’ or ‘partiality’, is followed by against or in favour of, but not (on the analogy of hostility, objection, etc.) to: a prejudice against eating late, not ☒ a prejudice to eating late. In its meaning ‘irrational dislike’, it… … Modern English usage
prejudice — ► NOUN 1) preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or experience. 2) unjust behaviour formed on such a basis. 3) chiefly Law harm that may result from some action or judgement. ► VERB 1) give rise to prejudice in (someone); make biased.… … English terms dictionary

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