Associations to the word «Prejudice»

Wiktionary

PREJUDICE, noun. (countable) An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.
PREJUDICE, noun. (countable) Any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative.
PREJUDICE, noun. (countable) An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.
PREJUDICE, noun. (obsolete) Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.
PREJUDICE, noun. (obsolete) Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.
PREJUDICE, verb. (transitive) To have a negative impact on someone's position, chances etc.
PREJUDICE, verb. (transitive) To cause prejudice.

Dictionary definition

PREJUDICE, noun. A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation.
PREJUDICE, verb. Disadvantage by prejudice.
PREJUDICE, verb. Influence (somebody's) opinion in advance.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne