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- Dictionaryprejudice/ˈprɛdʒʊdɪs/
noun
- 1. preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience: "prejudice against people from different backgrounds" Similar
- 2. harm or injury that results or may result from some action or judgement: "prejudice resulting from delay in the institution of the proceedings" Similar
verb
- 1. give rise to prejudice in (someone); make biased: "the statement might prejudice the jury" Similar
- 2. cause harm to (a state of affairs): "delay is likely to prejudice the child's welfare" Similar
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Someone or something that prejudices you influences you unfairly so that you form an unreasonable opinion about something: His comments may have prejudiced the voters against her. formal. Something or someone that prejudices something else has a harmful influence on it:
The meaning of PREJUDICE is injury or damage resulting from some judgment or action of another in disregard of one's rights; especially : detriment to one's legal rights or claims. How to use prejudice in a sentence.
Prejudice is a bias or a preconceived opinion, idea, or belief about something. When you act based on prejudice, you make up your mind about something and make generalizations about it before fully knowing about it.
Gordon Allport defined prejudice as a "feeling, favorable or unfavorable, toward a person or thing, prior to, or not based on, actual experience". Auestad (2015) defines prejudice as characterized by "symbolic transfer", transfer of a value-laden meaning content onto a socially-formed category and then on to individuals who are taken ...
If you prejudice someone, you cause them to have a negative attitude towards someone else. Lawyers are not allowed to bring certain types of evidence such as rumors into a trial because it might prejudice the jury. Definitions of prejudice. noun.
noun. /ˈpredʒədɪs/ [uncountable, countable] Idioms. an unreasonable dislike of or preference for a person, group, custom, etc., especially when it is based on their race, religion, sex, etc. a victim of racial prejudice. Their decision was based on ignorance and prejudice.
the feeling of not liking a group of people or unfair treatment of them because they are a different race, sex, religion, etc: racial prejudice. prejudice against women.
