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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? vooroordeel تَحَيُّز، مُحاباه، تَحامُل предубеждение předsudek forudindtagethed das Vorurteil προκατάληψη prejuicio eelarvamus پیشداوری؛ تعصب ennakkoluulo préjugé דֵעָה קְדוּמָה पूर्वाग्रह, पूर्वधारणा, पक्षपात presuda előítélet prasangka fordómar pregiudizio 偏見 편견, 선입관 išankstinis nusistatymas, prietaras aizspriedums prasangka vooroordeel fordom uprzedzenie preconceito preju­de­cată предубеждение predsudok predsodek; prejudic predrasuda fördom[] อคติ ön yargı 偏見 упередження; забобон تعصب، بدگماني thành kiến 偏见

v

1 to cause to feel prejudice for or against something. vooroordeel يَجْعَلُه متَحَيِّزا أو مُتحاملا създавам предубеждение nepříznivě ovlivnit gøre én forudindtaget; indgive fordomme einnehmen προκαταλαμβάνω, προδιαθέτω predisponer contra/en favor de eelarvamust sisendama پیشداوری کردن؛ دچار تعصب کردن tehdä ennakkoluuloiseksi prévenir (contre) לִגרוֹם לְדֵעָה קְדוּמָה पक्षपात करना oneraspoložiti protiv elfogulttá tesz berprasangka gera e-n hlutdrægan prevenire 偏見をもたせる 편견을 갖게 하다 iš anksto nuteikti radīt aizspriedumu[] menaruh prasangka innemen voor/tegen skape fordommer, bli forutinntatt uprzedzać predispor a influenţa создавать предвзятое мнение nepriaznivo ovplyvniť vnaprej ustvariti sodbo, prejudicirati stvoriti predrasudu inge ngn fördomar ทำให้มีอคติ olumsuz yönde etkilemek 使抱有偏見 викликати упередження تعصب رکھنا làm 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 stel يُجْحِف في حَق، يَضُر увреждам uškodit ødelægge; påvirke i negativ retning beeinträchtigen επηρεάζω δυσμενώς, βλάπτω perjudicar kahjustama لطمه زدن heikentää faire du tort à, porter préjudice à לִפגוֹעַ प्रतिकूल प्रभाव डालना, पूर्वग्रह उत्पन्न करना ispuniti predrasudom károsan befolyásol membahayakan skaða, spilla pregiudicare, compromettere そこなう ...에 손해를 끼치다 pakenkti, sumažinti kaitēt; traucēt merosakkan schaden skade zaszkodzić prejudicar a prejudicia причинять вред; портить uškodiť škoditi ugroziti inverka menligt på, skada ทำให้เสียหาย zarar vermek 損害，不利於 завдавати шкоди خطرہ ميں ڈالنا gây 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. vooroordeeld مُتَحَيِّز، مُتَحامِل предубеден předpojatý fordomsfuld; forudindtaget voreingenommen προκατειλημμένος que tiene prejuicios sobre/contra; parcial eelarvamuslik متعصب ennakkoluuloinen qui a des préjugés (sur, contre) בַּעַל דֵעָה קְדוּמָה पूर्वाग्राही pristran elfogult berprasangka fordómafullur prevenuto 偏見のある 편견을 가진, 치우친 šališkas, prietaringas aizspriedumains menaruh prasangka bevooroordeeld fordomsfull, forutinntatt uprzedzony preconceituoso cu pre­ju­decăţi, care are prejudecăţi предвзятый predpojatý poln predsodkov predrasudan förutfattad, fördomsfull ซึ่งมีอคติ ön yargılı 有偏見的 упереджений متعصبانہ có thành kiến 有偏见的