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prejudice

adj · noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪs/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Pronunciation spelling of prejudiced, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A preconception, any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • Morality is but a prejudice.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To have a negative impact on (someone's position, chances etc.).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To cause prejudice in; to bias the mind of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bias, preconception

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: partiality, partisanship

Narrower terms: taboo, tabu, irrational hostility, experimenter bias, homophobia, Islamophobia, racism, tendentiousness

10

verb

Meaning 10

influence (somebody's) opinion in advance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prepossess

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: influence, act upon, work

Narrower terms: bias, predetermine

11

verb

Meaning 11

disadvantage by prejudice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour

History

Etymology

From Middle English prejudice, from Old French prejudice, derived from Latin praeiūdicium (“previous judgment or damage”), from prae- (“before”) + iūdicium (“judgment”).

Across languages

Translations

149 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: tangë — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Albanian: paragjykim — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Arabic: إِجْحَاف (ʔijḥāf) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Arabic: تَحَامُل (taḥāmul) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Arabic: تَحَيُّز (taḥayyuz) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Armenian: նախապաշարմունք (naxapašarmunkʻ) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Azerbaijani: qərəz — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Azerbaijani: xurafat — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Bashkir: хөрәфәт (xörəfət) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Belarusian: прадузя́тасць (praduzjátascʹ) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Belarusian: прадузя́тасьць (praduzjátasʹcʹ) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Belarusian: прадузя́цце (praduzjáccje) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Belarusian: прадузя́цьце (praduzjácʹcje) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Bulgarian: предубежде́ние (predubeždénie) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Bulgarian: предразсъ́дък (predrazsǎ́dǎk) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Burmese: ဘက်လိုက်မှု (bhakluikhmu.) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Catalan: prejudici — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 成見 /成见 (chéngjiàn) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 偏見 /偏见 (piānjiàn) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Czech: předsudek — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Danish: fordom — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Dutch: vooroordeel — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Esperanto: antaŭjuĝo — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Estonian: eelarvamus — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Finnish: ennakkoluulo — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • French: préjugé — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Georgian: ცრურწმენა (crurc̣mena) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • German: Vorurteil — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • German: Voreingenommenheit — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (faurdōmeins) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Greek: προκατάληψη (prokatálipsi) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Ancient Greek: πρόκριμα (prókrima) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Hebrew: דֵּעָה קְדוּמָה (de'á kdumá) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Hindi: पूर्वाग्रह (pūrvāgrah) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Hindi: तअस्सुब (taassub) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Hungarian: előítélet — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Icelandic: fordómar — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Indonesian: prasangka — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Italian: pregiudizio — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Japanese: 偏見 (henken) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Japanese: 僻見 (hekiken) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Japanese: 先入観 (sennyūkan) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Kazakh: ағат пікірлілік (ağat pıkırlılık) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Khmer: អគតិ (ʼaʼkĕəʼteʼ) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Korean: 편견 (pyeon'gyeon) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Northern Kurdish: pêşdarazî — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Lao: ອະຄະຕິ (ʼa kha ti) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Latvian: aizspriedums — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Lithuanian: išankstinis nusistatymas — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Macedonian: предрасуда (predrasuda) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Malay: prejudis — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Malay: prasangka — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fordom — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Pali: agati — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Iranian Persian: پیشداوَری (piš-dâvari) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Iranian Persian: تَعَصُّب (ta'assob) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Polish: uprzedzenie — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Portuguese: preconceito — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Romanian: prejudecată — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Russian: предубежде́ние (predubeždénije) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Russian: предрассу́док (predrassúdok) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Russian: предвзя́тость (predvzjátostʹ) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Serbo-Croatian: прѐдра̄суда — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Serbo-Croatian: предубеђење — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Serbo-Croatian: prèdrāsuda — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Serbo-Croatian: predubeđenje — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Slovak: predsudok — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Slovene: predsodek — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Spanish: prejuicio — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Swedish: fördom — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Tagalog: prehuwisyo — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Tajik: ғалатфаҳмӣ (ġalatfahmi) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Tajik: таассуб (taassub) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Thai: อคติ (à-ká-dtì) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Turkish: önyargı — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Turkish: ön yargı — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Ukrainian: упере́дження (uperédžennja) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Ukrainian: упере́дженість (uperédženistʹ) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Urdu: تَعَصُّب (ta'assub) — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Uzbek: xurofot — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Uzbek: taassub — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Vietnamese: định kiến — adverse judgement formed beforehand
  • Bulgarian: предубежде́ние (predubeždénie) — any preconceived opinion
  • Bulgarian: предразсъ́дък (predrazsǎ́dǎk) — any preconceived opinion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 成見 /成见 (chéngjiàn) — any preconceived opinion
  • Czech: předsudek — any preconceived opinion
  • Danish: fordom — any preconceived opinion
  • Dutch: vooroordeel — any preconceived opinion
  • Esperanto: antaŭjuĝo — any preconceived opinion
  • Finnish: ennakkokäsitys — any preconceived opinion
  • French: préjugé — any preconceived opinion
  • French: idée préconçue — any preconceived opinion
  • German: vorgefasste Meinung — any preconceived opinion
  • German: Vorurteil — any preconceived opinion
  • Hindi: पूर्वाग्रह (pūrvāgrah) — any preconceived opinion
  • Hungarian: elfogultság — any preconceived opinion
  • Japanese: 先入観 (sennyūkan) — any preconceived opinion
  • Korean: 선입관 (seonipgwan) — any preconceived opinion
  • Latvian: iepriekšēja noskaņošanās — any preconceived opinion
  • Latvian: aizspriedums — any preconceived opinion
  • Lithuanian: išankstinis nusistatymas — any preconceived opinion
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fordom — any preconceived opinion
  • Portuguese: prejulgamento — any preconceived opinion
  • Portuguese: pressuposição — any preconceived opinion
  • Portuguese: preconceito — any preconceived opinion
  • Romanian: prejudecată — any preconceived opinion
  • Russian: предубежде́ние (predubeždénije) — any preconceived opinion
  • Russian: предрассу́док (predrassúdok) — any preconceived opinion
  • Serbo-Croatian: прѐдра̄суда — any preconceived opinion
  • Serbo-Croatian: prèdrāsuda — any preconceived opinion
  • Slovak: predsudok — any preconceived opinion
  • Spanish: prejuicio — any preconceived opinion
  • Thai: อุปาทาน (ù-bpaa-taan) — any preconceived opinion
  • Vietnamese: định kiến — any preconceived opinion
  • Danish: fordom — irrational hostile attitude
  • Finnish: vihamielinen ennakkoasenne — irrational hostile attitude
  • Finnish: (vihamielinen) ennakkoluulo — irrational hostile attitude
  • Finnish: ennakkoluuloisuus — irrational hostile attitude
  • German: Vorurteil — irrational hostile attitude
  • Greek: εμπάθεια (empátheia) — irrational hostile attitude
  • Hungarian: előítélet — irrational hostile attitude
  • Portuguese: preconceito — irrational hostile attitude
  • Portuguese: intolerância — irrational hostile attitude
  • Serbo-Croatian: прѐдра̄суда — irrational hostile attitude
  • Serbo-Croatian: prèdrāsuda — irrational hostile attitude
  • Spanish: prejuicio — irrational hostile attitude
  • Thai: อคติ (à-ká-dtì) — irrational hostile attitude
  • Thai: ความลําเอียง (kwaam-lam-iiang) — irrational hostile attitude
  • Tok Pisin: pasin birua — irrational hostile attitude
  • Tok Pisin: tingting nogut — irrational hostile attitude
  • Bulgarian: вреда́ (vredá) — damage caused
  • French: préjudice — damage caused
  • German: Schaden — damage caused
  • Portuguese: prejuízo — damage caused
  • Romanian: prejudiciu — damage caused
  • Romanian: daună — damage caused
  • Russian: вред (vred) — damage caused
  • Russian: уще́рб (uščérb) — damage caused
  • Finnish: vahingoittaa — to have a negative impact
  • Finnish: vaarantaa — to have a negative impact
  • Portuguese: prejudicar — to have a negative impact
  • Romanian: prejudicia — to have a negative impact
  • Spanish: perjudicar — to have a negative impact
  • Finnish: tehdä ennakkoluuloiseksi — to cause prejudice
  • Finnish: aiheuttaa ennakkoluuloja — to cause prejudice
  • Portuguese: prejudicar — to cause prejudice
  • Romanian: dăuna — to cause prejudice
  • Romanian: prejudicia — to cause prejudice
  • Spanish: prejuiciar — to cause prejudice
Real reading context

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