Antonyms for prejudice
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : prej-uh-dis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɛdʒ ə dɪs |
Definition of prejudice
Origin :- c.1300, "despite, contempt," from Old French prejudice "prejudice, damage" (13c.), from Medieval Latin prejudicium "injustice," from Latin praeiudicium "prior judgment," from prae- "before" (see pre-) + iudicium "judgment," from iudex (genitive iudicis) "a judge" (see judge (v.)). Meaning "injury, physical harm" is mid-14c., as is legal sense "detriment or damage caused by the violation of a legal right." Meaning "preconceived opinion" (especially but not necessarily unfavorable) is from late 14c. in English.
- noun belief without basis, information; intolerance
- verb influence another's beliefs without basis, information
- The mate had done what he could to prejudice the captain against the boy he hated.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- But he may prejudice his father against you, and get you discharged.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- "You hit him," cried Chip, forgetting his prejudice for a moment.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- But I have never consulted the popular any more than the sectarian, Prejudice.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Heaven protect me from a prejudice so unworthy of my reason!
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- She was then pleased to charge me with prepossession and prejudice.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- There may be some people who have a prejudice against the bagpipes.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- It would be a poor thing to gratify a prejudice against him.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- So you came with a prejudice, you know, Miss Graham, and are not a fair witness.'
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- He will let it out by and by—I only hope he will not prejudice you against me.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
Synonyms for prejudice
- ageism
- angle
- animosity
- antipathy
- apartheid
- aversion
- bad opinion
- bend
- bias
- bigotry
- blemish
- chauvinism
- color
- contemptuousness
- damage
- detriment
- discrimination
- disgust
- dislike
- displeasure
- dispose
- disrelish
- distort
- enmity
- foregone conclusion
- harm
- hinder
- hurt
- illiberality
- impair
- incline
- indoctrinate
- injure
- injustice
- jaundice
- jaundiced eye
- mar
- mindset
- misjudgment
- narrow-mindedness
- one-sidedness
- partiality
- pique
- poison
- preconceived notion
- preconception
- predispose
- prejudge
- prejudgment
- prepossess
- prepossession
- racism
- repugnance
- revulsion
- sexism
- skew
- slant
- spleen
- spoil
- sway
- tilt
- twist
- umbrage
- undermine
- unfairness
- vitiate
- warp
- xenophobia
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