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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 prejudices word
- noun prejudices an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason. 1
- noun prejudices any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable. 1
- noun prejudices unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding an ethnic, racial, social, or religious group. 1
- noun prejudices such attitudes considered collectively: The war against prejudice is never-ending. 1
- noun prejudices damage or injury; detriment: a law that operated to the prejudice of the majority. 1
- verb with object prejudices 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 prejudices
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 Prejudices
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
prejudices 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".
prejudices usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for prejudices
verb prejudices
- compromises — Plural form of compromise.
- inclines — Plural form of incline.
noun prejudices
- detriments — Plural form of detriment.
- disadvantages — Plural form of disadvantage.
- dislikes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dislike.
- disservices — Plural form of disservice.
- fallacies — a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.: That the world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy.
Antonyms for prejudices
noun prejudices
- likes — Digital Technology. (sometimes initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to a feature used to like specific website content: a Like button; like boxes.
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