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- [prej-uh-dish-uh l]
- /ˌprɛdʒ əˈdɪʃ əl/
- /ˌpredʒ.ʊˈdɪʃ.əl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [prej-uh-dish-uh l]
- /ˌprɛdʒ əˈdɪʃ əl/
Definitions of prejudicial word
- adjective prejudicial causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental. 1
- adjective prejudicial creating bias against sb 1
- adjective prejudicial disadvantageous 1
- adjective prejudicial If an action or situation is prejudicial to someone or something, it is harmful to them. 0
- adjective prejudicial causing prejudice; detrimental or damaging 0
- adjective prejudicial causing prejudice, or harm; injurious; detrimental 0
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Origin of prejudicial
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English < Late Latin praejūdiciālis; see prejudice, -al1
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Parts of speech for Prejudicial
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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
prejudicial popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
prejudicial usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for prejudicial
adj prejudicial
- chauvinistic — If you describe someone as chauvinistic, you believe that they think their own country is more important and morally better than any other.
- damaging — causing or capable of causing damages; harmful; injurious.
- deleterious — Something that has a deleterious effect on something has a harmful effect on it.
- detrimental — Something that is detrimental to something else has a harmful or damaging effect on it.
- disadvantageous — characterized by or involving disadvantage; unfavorable; detrimental.
adjective prejudicial
- bad — If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.
- discommodious — Not commodious; uncomfortable.
- discriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
- nocent — harmful; injurious.
Antonyms for prejudicial
adjective prejudicial
- aiding — to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire.
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