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prejudicial

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ˌprɛdʒəˈdɪʃəl/ UK /ˌprɛdʒʊˈdɪʃl/
Freq #34058

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    tending to favor preconceived ideas

    The presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes in the white population.

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Synonyms
1 adj · tending to favor... prejudicious
Word family
Forms prejudicially
Derived forms antiprejudicialnon-prejudicialprejudiciallyprejudicialnessunprejudicial
Related forms prejudicedprejudicious

Etymology

From Middle English prejudiceele, prejudicial, prejudiciall, prejudiciel, prejudiciell, prejudycyall, from Old French prejudicial, prejudiciel and Medieval Latin prēiūdiciālis.

prejudiceele Middle English prejudicial Old French prēiūdiciālis la-med
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