prejudice

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I'm not close to conversion, but this does perturb me, since the foundation of this prejudice is the promotion and maintenance of ignorance.

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  1. noun An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts.
  2. noun A preconceived preference or idea.
  3. noun The act or state of holding unreasonable preconceived judgments or convictions. See Synonyms at predilection.
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  • America puts her virus into these people from New York weekly, and they seem to be easily inoculated, so that in certain parts of London and Liverpool the prejudice is as great as in New York. —  From Slavery to the Bishopric in the A.M.E. Church. An Autobiography.
  • The other phase of their prejudice was against Socialism—which they supposed to be a process of “dividing up.” My chief encouragement came from the richest people in the church, the sneer came from the poorest. —  From the Bottom Up
  • There were places where Dunn suggested spiritual solvency could come from some other religion, but her prejudice was apparent. —  The Daily Evergreen News Feed
  • This prejudice has been an issue for me in the past. —  Check Your Premises
  • It appears that you are not armed with good comprehension skills and your prejudice is all too clear in thinking that Lodians are snobs and elitists.
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jealousy ·  superstition ·  ignorance ·  pride ·  vanity ·  tradition ·  weakness ·  belief ·  animosity ·  malice ·  instinct ·  bias

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prejudice:   prejudices ·  prejudiced
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  1. 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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  1. Early modern English also prejudize; from Middle English prejudice, prejudyse, from Old French prejudice, also prejuise, a prejudgment, prejudice, French préjudice = Provencal prejudici = Portuguese prejuizo = Spanish prejuicio, percuicio = Italian pregiudizio, prejudice, from Latin præjudicium, a preceding judgment, sentence, or decision, a precedent, a judicial examination before trial, damage, harm, prejudice, from præ, before, + judicium, a judgment, a judicial sentence, from judex, a judge: see judge. Cf. prejudge.
  2. from prejudice, n.
 

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/ˈprɛdʒudɪs/
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