Prejudice
Definition of Prejudice
Prej´u`dice | n. | 1. | Foresight. | | 2. | An opinion or judgment formed without due examination; prejudgment; a leaning toward one side of a question from other considerations than those belonging to it; an unreasonable predilection for, or objection against, anything; especially, an opinion or leaning adverse to anything, without just grounds, or before sufficient knowledge. | | 3. | (Law) A bias on the part of judge, juror, or witness which interferes with fairness of judgment. | | 4. | Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment. | | v. t. | 1. | To cause to have prejudice; to prepossess with opinions formed without due knowledge or examination; to bias the mind of, by hasty and incorrect notions; to give an unreasonable bent to, as to one side or the other of a cause; as, to prejudice a critic or a juryman. | | 2. | To obstruct or injure by prejudices, or by previous bias of the mind; hence, generally, to hurt; to damage; to injure; to impair; as, to prejudice a good cause. |
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