prejudice

B1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings

US /ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪs/ See IPA manual

Freq #10389

Meanings

1

noun
An unfair feeling of dislike or hatred toward a group of people, often based on race, religion, or gender.

The new law aims to fight prejudice against minorities.
2

noun
An opinion formed in advance without knowing the facts.

She judged the book with a prejudice she could not really explain.
3

verb
To influence someone's opinion unfairly in advance.

The newspaper coverage may prejudice the jury against the defendant.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an unfair feeling of... bias

3 verb · to influence someone's... prepossess

More bigotry chauvinismclannishnessdiscrimination inequality inequity intolerancenarrow-mindednessone-sidedness partisanship

Opposites

disinterest equality equity fairness impartiality tolerance

Word family

Forms prejudicesprejudicingunprejudiced

Derived forms antiprejudicebiprejudicecounterprejudicedisprejudiceheteroprejudicehomoprejudicepostjudiceprejudicelessprejudicerprejudiciousself-prejudicetransprejudice

Related forms apartheid bigoted holocaust inferiority inquisitionmisprejudicedpersecution pogrom prejudgeprejudicateprejudiced purge

Etymology

From Middle English prejudice, from Old French prejudice, derived from Latin praeiūdicium (“previous judgment or damage”), from prae- (“before”) + iūdicium (“judgment”).

prejudice Middle English praeiūdicium Latin

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Topics

Emotions & Feelings Psychology & Behavior

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# prejudice

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪs/
**Frequency rank:** 10389

## Meanings
1. An unfair feeling of dislike or hatred toward a group of people, often based on race, religion, or gender.
2. An opinion formed in advance without knowing the facts.
3. To influence someone's opinion unfairly in advance.

## Examples
- The new law aims to fight prejudice against minorities.
- She judged the book with a prejudice she could not really explain.
- The newspaper coverage may prejudice the jury against the defendant.

## Synonyms
- bias
- bigotry
- chauvinism
- clannishness
- discrimination
- inequality
- inequity
- intolerance
- narrow-mindedness
- one-sidedness
- partisanship

## Antonyms
- disinterest
- equality
- equity
- fairness
- impartiality
- tolerance

## Derived Forms
- antiprejudice
- biprejudice
- counterprejudice
- disprejudice
- heteroprejudice
- homoprejudice
- postjudice
- prejudiceless
- prejudicer
- prejudicious
- self-prejudice
- transprejudice

## Related Forms
- apartheid
- bigoted
- holocaust
- inferiority
- inquisition
- misprejudiced
- persecution
- pogrom
- prejudge
- prejudicate
- prejudiced
- purge

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: prejudice
- Root: praeiūdicium

## Etymology
From Middle English prejudice, from Old French prejudice, derived from Latin praeiūdicium (“previous judgment or damage”), from prae- (“before”) + iūdicium (“judgment”).

## AI Etymology
Prejudice comes from Middle English prejudice, from Old French prejudice, derived from Latin praeiūdicium (“previous judgment or damage”), from prae- (“before”) + iūdicium (“judgment”). The historical chain includes prejudice (Middle English), prejudice (Old French), praeiūdicium (Latin). In present-day English it covers an unfair feeling of dislike or hatred toward a group of people, often based on race, religion, or gender, an opinion formed in advance without knowing the facts, and to influence someone's opinion unfairly in advance. The wider family includes derived forms such as antiprejudice, biprejudice, counterprejudice, disprejudice, heteroprejudice and related forms such as apartheid, bigoted, holocaust, inferiority.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings
- Psychology & Behavior

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