partiality and prejudice

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• 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 — 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 (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. partiality, bias, opinion; predilection, prepossession; detriment, injury; intolerance. v. t. bias, influence, color, jaundice. See misjudgment, injustice. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bias, partiality,… …   English dictionary for students

• prejudice — A forejudgment; bias; partiality; preconceived opinion. A leaning towards one side of a cause for some reason other than a conviction of its justice. See also average man test bias discrimination. Evidence. Within rule allowing exclusion of… …   Black's law dictionary

• prejudice — prejudicedly, adv. prejudiceless, adj. /prej euh dis/, n., v., prejudiced, prejudicing. n. 1. an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason. 2. any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable… …   Universalium

• prejudice — n. & v. n. 1 a a preconceived opinion. b (foll. by against, in favour of) bias or partiality. 2 harm or injury that results or may result from some action or judgement (to the prejudice of). v.tr. 1 impair the validity or force of (a right, claim …   Useful english dictionary

• prejudice — Synonyms and related words: a thing for, abuse, affinity, afflict, aggrieve, angle, apartheid, aptitude, aptness, bag, befoul, bend, bent, bewitch, bias, bigotry, blemish, blight, cast, chosen kind, color, conatus, condemn, conduciveness, corrupt …   Moby Thesaurus

• partiality — Synonyms and related words: affinity, appreciation, bag, bent, bias, chosen kind, clannishness, clanship, cliqueyness, cliquishness, cliquism, cup of tea, denominationalism, discrimination, druthers, esprit de corps, ethnocentricity,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Sacco and Vanzetti — This article is about the individuals Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. For 1971 film, see Sacco e Vanzetti. For 2004 docu drama, see The Diary of Sacco and Vanzetti. For 2006 documentary film, see Sacco and Vanzetti (film). Bartolomeo… …   Wikipedia

• Hegel, spirit, and politics — Leo Rauch Hegel’s impact on political thought has been immense giving shape to the major political movements of the modern world. Yet the person of average education is hardly familiar with the name, which is usually identified with a small… …   History of philosophy