prejudice

«prejudice» in Mova's school dictionary: An unfair opinion about a person or group, made before… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (prejudice, prejudices — often uncountable); verb (prejudice, prejudices, prejudiced, prejudicing — rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) An unfair opinion about a person or group, made before you know them, often because of their skin colour, religion, where they come from, or how they look. tree →

2) To prejudice someone means to make them have an unfair opinion before they know the facts. tree →

sense in the lessons

In personal and social lessons pupils learn that prejudice is unfair and can lead to bullying and unkind treatment. Being "prejudiced" means judging people before knowing them. In stories, a character who overcomes prejudice learns that people are not what they first thought. Phrases: prejudice against, racial prejudice, without prejudice, prejudiced against.

examples

• Prejudice means judging people before you know them. tree →
• It is prejudice to think girls cannot play football. tree →
• The book is about a boy who faces prejudice at his new school. tree →
• We talked about how to stand up to prejudice. tree →
• He was prejudiced against the new team because they came from another town. tree →
• Getting to know people helps to break down prejudice. tree →
• Martin Luther King Jr. worked to end prejudice against Black Americans. tree →
• Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all one’s prejudices.” tree →

note

Usually uncountable: "a lot of prejudice", but "prejudices" for different unfair ideas. The adjective is "prejudiced" (He is prejudiced). It comes from "pre-judge", to judge before. Do not confuse with "preference" (simply liking one thing more). Prejudice is about opinions; discrimination is when people act unfairly because of them.

In the corpora

• Judging a whole group, like «the kids from the flats», from one picture is how prejudice starts.
• "Terminate with extreme prejudice" means assassinate, murder an important or chosen person on purpose (US spy slang).
• Jokes that mock people's race, religion or disability cause real hurt and spread prejudice.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «prejudice» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.