PREJUDICE
Dictionary entry overview: What does prejudice mean?
• PREJUDICE (noun)
The noun PREJUDICE has 1 sense:
1. a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
Familiarity information: PREJUDICE used as a noun is very rare.
• PREJUDICE (verb)
The verb PREJUDICE has 2 senses:
1. disadvantage by prejudice
2. influence (somebody's) opinion in advance
Familiarity information: PREJUDICE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PREJUDICE (noun)
Meaning:
A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
bias; prejudice; preconception
Hypernyms ("prejudice" is a kind of...):
partiality; partisanship (an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prejudice"):
taboo; tabu (a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature)
irrational hostility (extreme prejudice)
experimenter bias ((psychology) bias introduced by an experimenter whose expectations about the outcome of the experiment can be subtly communicated to the participants in the experiment)
homophobia (prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality)
Islamophobia (prejudice against Muslims)
racism (the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races)
tendentiousness (an intentional and controversial bias)
• PREJUDICE (verb)
Meaning:
Disadvantage by prejudice
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "prejudice" is one way to...):
disadvantage; disfavor; disfavour (put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm)
Domain category:
judicature; justice (the administration of law; the act of determining rights and assigning rewards or punishments)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Influence (somebody's) opinion in advance
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
prejudice; prepossess
Hypernyms (to "prejudice" is one way to...):
act upon; influence; work (have and exert influence or effect)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "prejudice"):
bias; predetermine (cause to be biased)
bias (influence in an unfair way)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
