Meaning of Prejudice | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.
   countable
2. A preconception, any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative.
   countable
3. An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.
   countable
4. Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
5. Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Though often misled by prejudice and passion, he was emphatically an honest man.”

“Morality is but a prejudice.”

“I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.”

“"I did not thoroughly understand what you were telling your brother," cried Emma, "about your friend Mr. Graham's intending to have a bailiff from Scotland, to look after his new estate. But will it answer? Will not the old prejudice be too strong?"”

“[…] the first did in the forepart sit, / That nought mote hinder his quicke preiudize: / He had a sharpe foresight, and working wit […]”

“England and France might, through their amity, / Breed him some prejudice.”

“For Pens, so usefull for Scholars to note the remarkables they read, with an impression easily deleble without prejudice to the Book.”

“for no injury is thereby done to any one, no prejudice to another man's goods”

“We both of us happen’d to know, as well as the Stationer, that Riddlesden the Attorney, was a very Knave. He had half ruin’d Miss Read’s Father by drawing him in to be bound for him. By his Letter it appear’d, there was a secret Scheme on foot to the Prejudice of Hamilton, (Suppos’d to be then coming over with us,) and that Keith was concern’d in it with Riddlesden. [...]”

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