prejudice

prej·u·dice  (prj-ds)

n.

1.

a. An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts.

b. A preconceived preference or idea.

2. The act or state of holding unreasonable preconceived judgments or convictions. See Synonyms at predilection.

3. Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group, race, or religion.

4. Detriment or injury caused to a person by the preconceived, unfavorable conviction of another or others.

tr.v. prej·u·diced, prej·u·dic·ing, prej·u·dic·es

1. To cause (someone) to judge prematurely and irrationally. See Synonyms at bias.

2. To affect injuriously or detrimentally by a judgment or an act.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin praeidicium : prae-, pre- + idicium, judgment (from idex, idic-, judge; see deik- in Indo-European roots).]

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prejudice

Noun

1. an unreasonable or unfair dislike or preference

2. intolerance of or dislike for people because they belong to a specific race, religion, or group: class prejudice

3. the act or condition of holding such opinions

4. harm or detriment: conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline

5. without prejudice Law without harm to an existing right or claim

Verb

[-dicing, -diced]

1. to cause (someone) to have a prejudice

2. to harm: the incident prejudiced his campaign [Latin prae before + judicium sentence]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	prejudice - a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation bias, preconception taboo, tabu - a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature irrational hostility - extreme prejudice partisanship, partiality - an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives experimenter bias - (psychology) bias introduced by an experimenter whose expectations about the outcome of the experiment can be subtly communicated to the participants in the experiment homophobia - prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality Islamophobia - prejudice against Muslims; "Muslim intellectuals are afraid of growing Islamophobia in the West" racism - the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races tendentiousness - an intentional and controversial bias
Verb	1.	prejudice - disadvantage by prejudice justice - judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour - put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly disadvantages me"
	2.	prejudice - influence (somebody's) opinion in advance prepossess bias, predetermine - cause to be biased bias - influence in an unfair way; "you are biasing my choice by telling me yours" act upon, influence, work - have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"

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prejudice

noun 1. discrimination, racism, injustice, sexism, intolerance, bigotry, unfairness, chauvinism, narrow-mindedness

noun 2. bias, preconception, partiality, preconceived notion, warp, jaundiced eye, prejudgment

noun 3. harm, damage, hurt, disadvantage, loss, mischief, detriment, impairment

verb 4. bias, influence, colour, poison, distort, sway, warp, slant, predispose, jaundice, prepossess

verb 5. harm, damage, hurt, injure, mar, undermine, spoil, impair, hinder, crool or cruel Austral. (slang)

Translations

prejudice [ˈprɛdʒudɪs] n (= bias) → prejuicio (= harm); perjuicio

vt (= bias) → predisponer (= harm); perjudicar;

to prejudice sb in favour of/against (= bias) → predisponer a algn a favor de/en contra de

prejudice [ˈprɛdʒudɪs] n → préjugé m (= harm); tort m, préjudice m

vt → porter préjudice à (= bias);

to prejudice sb in favour of/against → prévenir qn en faveur de/contre;

racial prejudice → préjugés raciaux

prejudice [ˈprɛdʒudɪs] n (= bias against) → Vorurteil nt (= bias in favour); Voreingenommenheit f

vt → beeinträchtigen;

without prejudice to (form) → unbeschadet +gen, ohne Beeinträchtigung +gen;

to prejudice sb in favour of/against sth → jdn für/gegen etw einnehmen

prejudice [ˈprɛdʒudɪs] n → pregiudizio (= harm); torto, danno

vt → pregiudicare, ledere (= bias): to prejudice sb in favour of/against → disporre bene/male qn verso

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prejudice

n prejudice [ˈpredʒədis]

(an) opinion or feeling for or especially against something, formed unfairly or unreasonably ie without proper knowledge The jury must listen to his statement without prejudice; Is racial prejudice (= dislike of people because of their race) increasing in this country?vooroordeelتَحَيُّز، مُحاباه، تَحامُلпредубеждениеpředsudekforudindtagetheddas Vorurteilπροκατάληψηprejuicioeelarvamusپیشداوری؛ تعصبennakkoluulopréjugéדֵעָה קְדוּמָהपूर्वाग्रह, पूर्वधारणा, पक्षपातpresudaelőítéletprasangkafordómarpregiudizio偏見편견, 선입관išankstinis nusistatymas, prietarasaizspriedumsprasangkavooroordeelfordomuprzedzeniepreconceitopreju­de­catăпредубеждениеpredsudokpredsodek; prejudicpredrasudafördom[]อคติön yargı偏見упередження; забобонتعصب، بدگمانيthành kiến偏见

v

1 to cause to feel prejudice for or against something. vooroordeelيَجْعَلُه متَحَيِّزا أو مُتحاملاсъздавам предубеждениеnepříznivě ovlivnitgøre én forudindtaget; indgive fordommeeinnehmenπροκαταλαμβάνω, προδιαθέτωpredisponer contra/en favor deeelarvamust sisendamaپیشداوری کردن؛ دچار تعصب کردنtehdä ennakkoluuloiseksiprévenir (contre)לִגרוֹם לְדֵעָה קְדוּמָהपक्षपात करनाoneraspoložiti protivelfogulttá teszberprasangkagera e-n hlutdræganprevenire偏見をもたせる편견을 갖게 하다iš anksto nuteiktiradīt aizspriedumu[]menaruh prasangkainnemen voor/tegenskape fordommer, bli forutinntattuprzedzaćpredispora influenţaсоздавать предвзятое мнениеnepriaznivo ovplyvniťvnaprej ustvariti sodbo, prejudiciratistvoriti predrasuduinge ngn fördomarทำให้มีอคติolumsuz yönde etkilemek使抱有偏見викликати упередженняتعصب رکھناlàm cho có định kiến使抱有偏见

2 to harm or endanger (a person's position, prospects etc) in some way Your terrible handwriting will prejudice your chances of passing the exam.bemoeilik, in die gevaar stelيُجْحِف في حَق، يَضُرувреждамuškoditødelægge; påvirke i negativ retningbeeinträchtigenεπηρεάζω δυσμενώς, βλάπτωperjudicarkahjustamaلطمه زدنheikentääfaire du tort à, porter préjudice àלִפגוֹעַप्रतिकूल प्रभाव डालना, पूर्वग्रह उत्पन्न करनाispuniti predrasudomkárosan befolyásolmembahayakanskaða, spillapregiudicare, compromettereそこなう...에 손해를 끼치다pakenkti, sumažintikaitēt; traucētmerosakkanschadenskadezaszkodzićprejudicara prejudiciaпричинять вред; портитьuškodiťškoditiugrozitiinverka menligt på, skadaทำให้เสียหายzarar vermek損害，不利於завдавати шкодиخطرہ ميں ڈالناgây tổn hại损害，不利于

adj ˈprejudiced

having or showing prejudice a prejudiced attitude to people of other races; Don't be so prejudiced.vooroordeeldمُتَحَيِّز، مُتَحامِلпредубеденpředpojatýfordomsfuld; forudindtagetvoreingenommenπροκατειλημμένοςque tiene prejuicios sobre/contra; parcialeelarvamuslikمتعصبennakkoluuloinenqui a des préjugés (sur, contre)בַּעַל דֵעָה קְדוּמָהपूर्वाग्राहीpristranelfogultberprasangkafordómafullurprevenuto偏見のある편견을 가진, 치우친šališkas, prietaringasaizspriedumainsmenaruh prasangkabevooroordeeldfordomsfull, forutinntattuprzedzonypreconceituosocu pre­ju­decăţi, care are prejudecăţiпредвзятыйpredpojatýpoln predsodkovpredrasudanförutfattad, fördomsfullซึ่งมีอคติön yargılı有偏見的упередженийمتعصبانہcó thành kiến有偏见的