See Also: Prejudice(medicine)
prejudice(1)(dictionary)
prejudice(2)(dictionary)
PREJUDICE(law)
Pride and Prejudice(dictionary)
prejudice 1, noun(dictionary)
prejudice 2, verb(dictionary)
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE(law)
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE(law)

prejudice(1) (iou)



prejudice noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French prejudice from Latin praejudicium, from prae PRE- + judicium judgement. Cf. PRE-JUDICIAL.]
I.
Harm or injury to a person or thing that may result from a judgement or action, esp. one in which his or her rights are disregarded. ME.
terminate with extreme prejudice US slang kill, assassinate. to the prejudice of with resulting harm to. without prejudice without detriment to any existing right or claim; spec. in Law, without damage to one's own rights or claims.
Independent A finding..which caused substantial prejudice to the applicant.
b. gen. Injury, damage, harm. M16-L18.
II. a. A prior judgement; esp. a judgement formed hastily or before due consideration. LME-M19.
b. The action of judging an event beforehand; prognostication. rare. Only in L16.
Preconceived opinion not based on actual experience; bias, partiality. Also, an instance of this; an unreasoning preference or objection; a bias. Usu. derog. LME.
Guardian I have to accept that there are still prejudices against women. V. Brome Freud returned with a bad impression of the United States...based more on prejudice than fact. M. Moorcock For years they suffered the prejudice of their white neighbours.
A preliminary or anticipatory judgement; a preconceived idea of what will happen; an anticipation. M-L18.

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