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prejudice

/ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables
prej-u-dice
IPA
/ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪs/
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.

Countable

noun

A preconception, any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative.

Countable

noun

An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.

Countable

noun

Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

verb

To have a negative impact on (someone's position, chances etc.).

Transitive verb

verb

To cause prejudice in; to bias the mind of.

Transitive verb

adj

Pronunciation spelling of prejudiced, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English prejudice, from Old French prejudice, derived from Latin praeiūdicium (“previous judgment or damage”), from prae- (“before”) + iūdicium (“judgment”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: prejudice, praeiūdicium

Usage

Inflected Forms

prejudices (plural) præjudice (alternative, obsolete) p͛judice (alternative, abbreviation) prejudices (present, singular) prejudicing (participle, present) prejudiced (participle, past) prejudiced (past)

Derived Forms

antiprejudice biprejudice counterprejudice disprejudice heteroprejudice homoprejudice postjudice prejudiceless prejudicer prejudicious transprejudice unprejudice

Phrases

extreme prejudice in prejudice of self-prejudice terminate with extreme prejudice to the prejudice of without prejudice with prejudice ethnic cleansing

Frequently Paired Words

misprejudiced prejudge prejudicate inferiority superiority apartheid ethnic cleansing holocaust

Synonyms

bigotry bias chauvinism clannishness discrimination inequality inequity intolerance jaundiced eye narrow-mindedness one-sidedness partisanship

Antonyms

disinterest equality equity fairness impartiality tolerance

Questions

How do you pronounce prejudice?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪs/.
What does prejudice mean?
An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.
Where does prejudice come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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