to prejudice

Definition of to prejudice in English English dictionary: The damage caused by such fear or hatred; To have a negative impact on someone's position, chances etc; An adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts; Any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative; To cause prejudice; Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging
the first did in the forepart sit, / That nought mote hinder his quicke preiudize: / He had a sharpe foresight, and working wit .; a judgment or opinion formed without due examination of the facts; {v} to fill with prejudice, to injure; {n} prepossessin, damage, injury, hurt; Negative beliefs, attitudes, or feelings about a person's entire character based on only one characteristic This belief is often based on faulty information; An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion; Unreasonable preconceived judgments or convictions Includes stereotypes, irrational suspicions, or other beliefs regarding protected classes; To obstruct or injure by prejudices, or by previous bias of the mind; hence, generally, to hurt; to damage; to injure; to impair; as, to prejudice a good cause; To have a negative impact on someones position, chances etc; Foresight; a much-misspelled word which is both a noun ("They were victims of prejudice") and a verb ("News reports can prejudice a jury") The correct adjective form is the past participle prejudiced ("The prejudiced jury reached an unfair verdict"); Bias for or against someone or something that fails to take true account of their characteristics; A judgment, belief, opinion, point of view-favorable or unfavorable-formed before the facts are known, resistant to evidence and reason, or in disregard of facts which contradict it Self-announced prejudice is rare Prejudice almost always exists in obscured, rationalized, socially validated, functional forms It enables people to sleep peacefully at night even while flagrantly abusing the rights of others It enables people to get more of what they want, or to get it more easily It is often sanctioned with a superabundance of pomp and self-righteousness; Prejudice is an unreasonable dislike of a particular group of people or things, or a preference for a one group of people or things over another. There is widespread prejudice against workers over 45 He said he hoped the Swiss authorities would investigate the case thoroughly and without prejudice; To cause to have prejudice; to prepossess with opinions formed without due knowledge or examination; to bias the mind of, by hasty and incorrect notions; to give an unreasonable bent to, as to one side or the other of a cause; as, to prejudice a critic or a juryman; Holding unfounded ideas about a group with a condescending view?; An opinion or judgment formed without due examination; prejudgment; a leaning toward one side of a question from other considerations than those belonging to it; an unreasonable predilection for, or objection against, anything; especially, an opinion or leaning adverse to anything, without just grounds, or before sufficient knowledge; a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation; An attitude or opinion about a person or group based upon that person or group's race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, accent, gender, disability, or other external characteristic Prejudice is making your mind up about what someone is like before you get to know that person; is an unfavourable opinion or feeling, formed beforehand (e g before even meeting a person) based on non-personal characteristics (e g skin colour, religious persuasion or gender) One form of prejudice is racism Racism is negative attitudes and values held by people about other people based on their race; influence (somebody's) opinion in advance; If you take an action without prejudice to an existing situation, your action does not change or harm that situation. We accept the outcome of the inquiry, without prejudice to the unsettled question of territorial waters; Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment; 1) an unfavorable opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought or reason 2) unreasonable feelings opinions or attitudes especially of a hostile nature toward a racial, religious, or national group; negative or hostile attitudes toward and beliefs about a group; * Bias for or against someone or something that fails to take true account of their characteristics; Unjustified negative attitudes that one person holds about another based exclusively on a person's membership in a social group; an attitude that is based on previous judgements made about others, which may lead to discrimination - prejudice is often based on ignorance and stereotyped views of an individual or group; Prejudice refers to "any set of ideas, beliefs or attitudes that negatively prejudges groups or individuals on the basis of real or alleged characteristics and traits "; Unreasonable preconceived judgments or convictions including stereotypes, irrational suspicions or other beliefs regarding protected classes; influence (somebody's) opinion in advance disadvantage by prejudice; {f} express a preconceived opinion, express one's biases; infringe on someone's rights, injure the rights of another; A preconceived, usually unfavorable, idea or opinion which is biased and intolerant; Prejudice is a negative or hostile attitude toward a person or group formed without just or sufficient knowledge and based on negative stereotypes Prejudice is the result of "prejudgment" and can lead to discrimination; A negative attitude toward an entire category of people, such as a racial or ethnic minority (See 229); A bias on the part of judge, juror, or witness which interferes with fairness of judgment; holding unreasonable preconceived judgments or convictions especially pertaining to irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group, race, or religion; {i} preconceived opinion, bias; prejudgment, sentence passed before proper examination of the circumstances; A negative attitude toward an entire category of people, such as a racial or ethnic minority (p 293); Suspicion or hatred of a certain race, religion, or group; disadvantage by prejudice; If someone prejudices another person's situation, they do something which makes it worse than it should be. Her study was not in any way intended to prejudice the future development of the college; If you prejudice someone or something, you influence them so that they are unfair in some way. I think your South American youth has prejudiced you He claimed his case would be prejudiced if it became known he was refusing to answer questions