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- [prej-uh-dis]
- /ˈprɛdʒ ə dɪs/
- /ˈpredʒ.ʊ.dɪs/
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- [prej-uh-dis]
- /ˈprɛdʒ ə dɪs/
Definitions of prejudice word
- noun prejudice an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason. 1
- noun prejudice any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable. 1
- noun prejudice unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding an ethnic, racial, social, or religious group. 1
- noun prejudice such attitudes considered collectively: The war against prejudice is never-ending. 1
- noun prejudice damage or injury; detriment: a law that operated to the prejudice of the majority. 1
- verb with object prejudice to affect with a prejudice, either favorable or unfavorable: His honesty and sincerity prejudiced us in his favor. 1
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Origin of prejudice
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin praejūdicium prejudgment, orig. preliminary or previous judicial inquiry, equivalent to prae- pre- + jūdicium legal proceedings, judging (jūdic-, stem of jūdex judge + -ium -ium)
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Parts of speech for Prejudice
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
prejudice popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
prejudice usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for prejudice
verb prejudice
- act upon — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
- blemish — A blemish is a small mark on something that spoils its appearance.
- blotched — Something that is blotched has blotches on it.
- bring round — to restore (a person) to consciousness, esp after a faint
- color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
noun prejudice
- arbitrariness — subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision.
- attitude — Your attitude to something is the way that you think and feel about it, especially when this shows in the way you behave.
- bias — Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing.
- black and blue — discolored, as by bruising; exhibiting ecchymosis: a black-and-blue mark on my knee.
- boo-boo — A boo-boo is a silly mistake or blunder.
Antonyms for prejudice
noun prejudice
- hardiness — the capacity for enduring or sustaining hardship, privation, etc.; capability of surviving under unfavorable conditions.
- like — in like manner with; similarly to; in the manner characteristic of: He works like a beaver.
- loving — feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond: loving glances.
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