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• 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 — [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 — ▪ I. prejudice prejudice 2 verb [transitive] 1. to influence someone so they have an unfair opinion about someone or something, and therefore do not treat them equally: • She argued that the publicity will endanger her client s right to a fair… …   Financial and business terms

• prejudice — 1 noun 1 (C, U) an unreasonable dislike and distrust of people who are different from you in some way, especially because of their race, sex, religion etc: Women still have to face a great deal of prejudice in the workplace. (+ against):… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Prejudice — The word prejudice refers to prejudgment: making a decision before becoming aware of the relevant facts of a case or event. The word has commonly been used in certain restricted contexts, in the expression racial prejudice . Initially this is… …   Wikipedia

• prejudice — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, deep rooted, deep seated, strong ▪ blatant ▪ serious (esp. BrE), unfair (esp. BrE) …   Collocations dictionary

• prejudice — I n. bias 1) to arouse, stir up prejudice 2) to have, hold (a) prejudice 3) to break down, eliminate prejudice 4) (a) deep, deep rooted, deep seated, ingrained, strong prejudice 5) race, racial; religious prejudice 6) prejudice against harm 7)… …   Combinatory dictionary

• prejudice — prej|u|dice1 [ˈpredʒudıs] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin praejudicium, from judicium judgment ] 1.) [U and C] an unreasonable dislike and distrust of people who are different from you in some way, especially because of their race …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• prejudice — 01. There is a lot of [prejudice] against women in the workplace, which can keep them from rising to high positions in some companies. 02. The defendant s lawyer was afraid that widespread newspaper coverage of the murder would be [prejudicial]… …   Grammatical examples in English

• prejudice — I UK [ˈpredʒʊdɪs] / US [ˈpredʒədɪs] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms prejudice : singular prejudice plural prejudices ** an unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially the feeling of not liking a particular group of people the evils of… …   English dictionary

• prejudice — prej|u|dice1 [ predʒədıs ] noun count or uncount ** an unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially the feeling of not liking a particular group of people: Jackson apologized, saying the song was supposed to illustrate the evils of prejudice.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English