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   Prej·u·dice

   /ˈprejədəs/

   

   noun

   • 1. preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience: "prejudice against people from different backgrounds" Similar preconceived ideapreconceptionpreconceived notionprejudgment
   • ▪ dislike, hostility, or unjust behavior deriving from unfounded opinions: "accusations of racial prejudice" Similar bigotrybiaspartisanshippartialityintolerancediscriminationa jaundiced eyepreferenceone-sidednessunfairnessinequalityinequityracismracialismanti-SemitismchauvinismsexismageismheterosexismclassismfattismJim Crowism
   • 2. harm or injury that results or may result from some action or judgment: "prejudice resulting from delay in the institution of the proceedings" Similar detrimentharmdisadvantagedamageinjuryhurtimpairmentlossdisbenefit

   verb

   • 1. give rise to prejudice in (someone); make biased: "the statement might prejudice the jury" Similar biasinfluenceswaypredisposemake biasedmake partialmake partisancolorpoisonjaundicewarptwistslantdistortrare:prepossess
   • 2. cause harm to (a state of affairs): "delay is likely to prejudice the child's welfare" Similar damagebe detrimental tobe prejudicial tobe disadvantageous toinjureharmhurtmarspoilimpairunderminebe deleterious tohindercompromisedrive a nail into the coffin of

   Word Origin Middle English (in prejudice (sense 2 of the noun)): from Old French, from Latin praejudicium, from prae ‘in advance’ + judicium ‘judgement’.

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