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prej·u·dice

(prĕj′ə-dĭs)

a. The act or state of holding unreasonable preconceived judgments or convictions: "This is not actually a volume of the best short stories ... These are just the stories that I like best, and I am full of prejudice and strong opinions" (Ann Patchett).

b. An adverse judgment or opinion formed unfairly or without knowledge of the facts: a boy with a prejudice against unfamiliar foods.

2. Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular social group, such as a race or the adherents of a religion.

a. Detriment or harm caused to a person, especially in a legal case: The delay operated to her prejudice.

b. Preclusionary effect, preventing further pursuit of one's interests: The case was dismissed with prejudice.

tr.v. prej·u·diced, prej·u·dic·ing, prej·u·dic·es

1. To fill with prejudice or cause to judge with prejudice. See Synonyms at bias.

2. To affect detrimentally or harmfully by a judgment or act.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin praeiūdicium : prae-, pre- + iūdicium, judgment (from iūdex, iūdic-, judge; see deik- in Indo-European roots).]

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prejudiced

(ˈprɛdʒʊdɪst)

adj

having an opinion formed beforehand, esp an unfavourable one based on inadequate factsintolerant of or disliking people of a specific race, religion, etc

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Adj.	1.	prejudiced - emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices subjective - taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias; "a subjective judgment"
	2.	prejudiced - being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand; "a prejudiced judge" discriminatory unprejudiced, impartial - free from undue bias or preconceived opinions; "an unprejudiced appraisal of the pros and cons"; "the impartial eye of a scientist"

prejudiced

adjective biased, influenced, unfair, one-sided, conditioned, partial, partisan, discriminatory, bigoted, intolerant, opinionated, narrow-minded, jaundiced, prepossessed Some landlords and landladies are racially prejudiced.
just, fair, neutral, open-minded, impartial, unbiased, not prejudiced, not bigoted

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prejudiced

adjective

Exhibiting bias:

biased, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudicial, prepossessed, tendentious.

Translations

مُتَحَامِلمُتَحَيِّز، مُتَحامِل

předpojatý

fordomsfuldforudindtaget

voreingenommen

προκατειλημμένος

predispuesto tener prejuicios

ennakkoluuloinen

partial

pun predrasuda

fordómafullur

prevenuto

偏見をもった

편견을 가진

bevooroordeeld

fordomsfull forutinntatt

uprzedzony

preconceituoso

предвзятый

predpojatý

poln predsodkov

fördomsfull

มีอคติ

ön yargılıönyargılı

có thành kiến

怀偏见的有偏见的

prejudiced

[ˈpredʒʊdɪst] ADJ [view] → parcial, interesado
he's very prejudiced → tiene muchos prejuicios
to be prejudiced against sth/sb → estar predispuesto en contra de algo/algn
to be prejudiced in favour of sth/sb → estar predispuesto a favor de algo/algn

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prejudiced

[ˈprɛdʒʊdɪst] adj

[person] → plein(e) de préjugés
to be racially prejudiced → avoir des préjugés raciaux
I'm not prejudiced → je n'ai pas de préjugés
to be prejudiced against sb → avoir un parti pris contre qn, avoir des préjugés contre qn
to be prejudiced against sth → avoir un parti pris contre qch, avoir des préjugés contre qch
to be prejudiced in favour of sb [person] → avoir un parti pris en faveur de qn; [legislation] → faire preuve de parti pris en faveur de qn
to be prejudiced in favour of sth [person] → avoir un parti pris en faveur de qch
... but I'm prejudiced (humorous) → ... mais je ne suis pas objectif

[information] → partial(e); [view] → préconçu(e), partial(e); [result] → faussé(e)

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prejudiced

adj person → voreingenommen (against gegen); opinion → vorgefasst; judge → befangen; to be prejudiced in favour of somebody/something → für jdn/etw voreingenommen sein; to be racially prejudiced → Rassenvorurteile haben

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prejudiced

[ˈprɛdʒʊdɪst] adj (person) → pieno/a di pregiudizi, prevenuto/a; (racially) → pieno/a di pregiudizi; (view, opinion) → preconcetto/a
to be prejudiced against sb/sth → essere prevenuto/a contro qn/qc
to be prejudiced in favour of sb/sth → essere ben disposto/a verso qn/qc

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prejudice

(ˈpredʒədis) noun

(an) opinion or feeling for or especially against something, formed unfairly or unreasonably ie without proper knowledge. The jury must listen to his statement without prejudice; Is racial prejudice (= dislike of people because of their race) increasing in this country?

verb

1. to cause to feel prejudice for or against something.

2. to harm or endanger (a person's position, prospects etc) in some way. Your terrible handwriting will prejudice your chances of passing the exam.

ˈprejudiced adjective

having or showing prejudice. a prejudiced attitude to people of other races; Don't be so prejudiced.

prejudiced

→ مُتَحَامِل předpojatý fordomsfuld voreingenommen προκατειλημμένος predispuesto, tener prejuicios ennakkoluuloinen partial pun predrasuda prevenuto 偏見をもった 편견을 가진 bevooroordeeld forutinntatt uprzedzony preconceituoso предвзятый fördomsfull มีอคติ önyargılı có thành kiến 怀偏见的

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We are both prejudiced; you against, I for him; and we have no chance of agreeing till he is really here."

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Vernon would allow something to my affection for herself and her husband in the length of my visit, she would do more justice to us all; but my sister is unhappily prejudiced beyond the hope of conviction against Lady Susan.

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It is scarcely the province of an author to refute the arguments of his censors and vindicate his own productions; but I may be allowed to make here a few observations with which I would have prefaced the first edition, had I foreseen the necessity of such precautions against the misapprehensions of those who would read it with a prejudiced mind or be content to judge it by a hasty glance.

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"Pardon me," said he; "but the instant your Majesty considers me a prejudiced judge, I withdraw."

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And you would feel as I do, Tom, if you were not prejudiced against those young fellows."

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Prejudiced, I never have been otherwise than in favour of the United States.

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Of neither Darcy nor Wickham could she think without feeling she had been blind, partial, prejudiced, absurd.

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I do not know Scarlett Trent, and I frankly admit that I am prejudiced against him and all his class.

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Here I was accosted one day by an inhabitant of that place, where he had found the people so prejudiced against us, who desired to be admitted to confession.

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Summary: Washington DC, [USA] Nov 5 (ANI): It turns out people are more prejudiced against women leaders than the statistics might indicate.

Prejudice against women in power is greater than believed: Study

After citing different judgements of the apex and higher judiciary, the registrar wrote, 'I am therefore directed to convey a deep displeasure of the honourable authority about the scrappy, trivial, frivolous, biased and prejudiced attempt through the 'prejudiced letter' with a clear advice to implement the subject notifications/ order of this court and to refrain from misleading and intermingling the subject matter and also to sensitize that any inroad into independence of judiciary.'

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If it's simply prejudice, you as a white persona and I as a black person could be prejudiced to the same degree.