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  • 51bias — /bayas/ Inclination; bent; prepossession; a preconceived opinion; a predisposition to decide a cause or an issue in a certain way, which does not leave the mind perfectly open to conviction. To incline to one side. Condition of mind, which sways… …

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  • 52disqualify — To divest or deprive of qualifications; to incapacitate; to render ineligible or unfit, as, in speaking of the disqualification of a judge by reason of his interest in the case, of a juror by reason of his holding a fixed preconceived opinion, or …

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  • 53prejudice — A forejudgment; bias; partiality; preconceived opinion. A leaning towards one side of a cause for some reason other than a conviction of its justice. See also average man test bias discrimination. Evidence. Within rule allowing exclusion of… …

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  • 54prejudice — ► NOUN 1) preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or experience. 2) unjust behaviour formed on such a basis. 3) chiefly Law harm that may result from some action or judgement. ► VERB 1) give rise to prejudice in (someone); make biased.… …

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  • 55parti pris — [pȧr tē prē′] n. [Fr] preconceived opinion …

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  • 56prejudice — n. & v. n. 1 a a preconceived opinion. b (foll. by against, in favour of) bias or partiality. 2 harm or injury that results or may result from some action or judgement (to the prejudice of). v.tr. 1 impair the validity or force of (a right, claim …

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  • 57SCHUDT, JOHANN JAKOB° — (1664–1722), German Christian Hebraist, pedagogue, and Orientalist from Frankfurt am Main. The son of a Lutheran priest, Schudt studied theology in Wittenberg, and in 1684 went to Hamburg to study Oriental languages, including Hebrew. In 1689 he… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 58Biology (Philosophy of) in the nineteenth century — Philosophy of biology in the nineteenth century Jagdish Hattiangadi THE PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY The emergence of biology as a unified subject Students of history and of biology share a common delight: as they study the details of any subject, they… …

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  • 59prejudice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. partiality, bias, opinion; predilection, prepossession; detriment, injury; intolerance. v. t. bias, influence, color, jaundice. See misjudgment, injustice. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bias, partiality,… …

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  • 60Theodore Dalrymple — Anthony Daniels Nom de naissance Anthony Daniels Autres noms Theodore Dalrymple, Edward Theberton, Thursday Msigwa Activités Médecin, écrivain …

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