prejudice

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

prejudice UK US [ˈpredʒ.ʊ.dɪs] noun countable or uncountable [ prejudices ]
1. <A > an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge
• Laws against racial prejudice must be strictly enforced.
• + that The campaign aims to dispel the prejudice that AIDS is confined to the homosexual community.
• He claims that prejudice against homosexuals would cease overnight if all the gay stars in the country were honest about their sexuality.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly ↑Justice and fairness
2. without prejudice to sth formal or legal
If a decision or action is made without prejudice to a right or claim, it is made without having an effect on that right or claim
• My client accepts the formal apology without prejudice to any further legal action she may decide to take.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Irrelevant
 
• She criticized the government for trying to whip up anti-German prejudice.
• He had to battle against prejudice to get a job.
• Such ingrained prejudices cannot be corrected easily.
• It seems that old prejudices are still lurking beneath the surface.
• We mustn't let our prejudices blind us to the facts of the situation.
 
verb transitive
1. Someone or something that prejudices you influences you unfairly so that you form an unreasonable opinion about something
• His comments may have prejudiced the voters against her.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly ↑Justice and fairness
2. formal Something or someone that prejudices something else has a harmful influence on it
• The fact that you were late all this week may prejudice your chances of getting a promotion.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Preventing and impeding ↑Limiting and restricting

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bias, preconception, prepossess