Prejudice

  • 21PRÉJUDICE — s. m. Tort, dommage. Notable préjudice. Préjudice fort considérable. Porter préjudice à quelqu un. Causer, faire un grand préjudice à quelqu un. Souffrir un grand préjudice. Cela me serait d un grand préjudice. Il a obtenu cela à mon préjudice.   …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 22PRÉJUDICE — n. m. Tort, dommage. Notable préjudice. Porter préjudice à quelqu’un. Causer, faire un préjudice à quelqu’un. Souffrir un préjudice. Cela me serait d’un grand préjudice. Il a obtenu cela à mon préjudice. Au préjudice de son honneur, de sa… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 23prejudice — 1 noun 1 (C, U) an unreasonable dislike and distrust of people who are different from you in some way, especially because of their race, sex, religion etc: Women still have to face a great deal of prejudice in the workplace. (+ against):… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24prejudice — 01. There is a lot of [prejudice] against women in the workplace, which can keep them from rising to high positions in some companies. 02. The defendant s lawyer was afraid that widespread newspaper coverage of the murder would be [prejudicial]… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 25prejudice — I UK [ˈpredʒʊdɪs] / US [ˈpredʒədɪs] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms prejudice : singular prejudice plural prejudices ** an unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially the feeling of not liking a particular group of people the evils of… …

    English dictionary

  • 26Préjudice — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sommaire 1 Droit 2 Cinéma 3 Musique …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 27prejudice — [[t]pre̱ʤʊdɪs[/t]] prejudices, prejudicing, prejudiced 1) N VAR: oft supp N, N against n Prejudice is an unreasonable dislike of a particular group of people or things, or a preference for a one group of people or things over another. There was a …

    English dictionary

  • 28prejudice — prej|u|dice1 [ predʒədıs ] noun count or uncount ** an unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially the feeling of not liking a particular group of people: Jackson apologized, saying the song was supposed to illustrate the evils of prejudice.… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 29prejudice — {{11}}prejudice (n.) late 13c., despite, contempt, from O.Fr. prejudice (13c.), from M.L. prejudicium injustice, from L. praejudicium prior judgment, from prae before (see PRE (Cf. pre )) + judicium judgment, from judex (gen. judicis) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 30prejudice —    Legally meaning ‘damage’, prejudice more commonly implies an irrational pre conceived opinion. The eighteenth century essayist Joseph Addison’s reference to ‘natural prejudices’ would now be thought odd, as it has been socially outrageous to… …

    Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture