- prejudiced
- adjective Date: 1579 resulting from or having a prejudice or bias for or especially against
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prejudiced — prej·u·diced / pre jə dəst/ adj: resulting from or having a prejudice or bias for or esp. against alleged that the trial judge was prejudiced Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. prejud … Law dictionary
prejudiced — prej|u|diced [ˈpredʒudıst] adj 1.) having an unreasonable dislike of someone or something, especially a dislike of a group of people who belong to a different race, sex, or religion used to show disapproval ▪ Some officers were racially… … Dictionary of contemporary English
prejudiced — prej|u|diced [ predʒədıst ] adjective someone who is prejudiced has an unreasonable opinion or feeling about someone or something, especially HATRED or fear of a particular group of people: prejudiced views/attitudes prejudiced against: Rafferty… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
prejudiced — [[t]pre̱ʤʊdɪst[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ A person who is prejudiced against someone has an unreasonable dislike of them. A person who is prejudiced in favour of someone has an unreasonable preference for them. Some landlords and landladies… … English dictionary
prejudiced — UK [ˈpredʒʊdɪst] / US [ˈpredʒədɪst] adjective someone who is prejudiced has an unreasonable opinion or feeling about someone or something, especially hatred or fear of a particular group of people prejudiced views/attitudes prejudiced against:… … English dictionary
prejudiced — prejudice prej‧u‧dice 1 [ˈpredʒds] noun [countable, uncountable] 1. an unreasonable dislike of people because they are different from you in some way, especially because of their race, sex, or religious beliefs: • prejudice in the workplace •… … Financial and business terms
prejudiced — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ deeply, highly … Collocations dictionary
prejudiced — adjective 1 having an unreasonable dislike of a particular group of people who are different from you in some way, especially because they belong to a different race, sex, or religion (+ against): He denied being prejudiced against black people.… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Prejudiced — Prejudice Prej u*dice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prejudiced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prejudicing}.] [Cf. F. pr[ e]judicier. See {Prejudice}, n.] 1. To cause to have prejudice; to prepossess with opinions formed without due knowledge or examination; to bias… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prejudiced — adjective his prejudiced views Syn: biased, bigoted, discriminatory, partisan, intolerant, narrow minded, unfair, unjust, inequitable, colored Ant: impartial … Thesaurus of popular words
prejudiced — [ˈpredʒʊdɪst] adj someone who is prejudiced has an unreasonable opinion or feeling about someone or something, especially about a particular group of people … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
