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prejudices,

Meanings
  • Noun

    Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.

    - "His prejudices against people from that country prevented him from seeing their good qualities."
    - "The prejudices of the past should not influence our decisions today."
  • Noun

    A bias in favor of or against one person or group compared with another, usually without justification.

    - "Racial prejudices continue to be a problem in our society."
    - "Prejudices based on gender or religion are unacceptable."
Rhymes
Words rhyming with prejudices,
prejudice , deprecate , contemplate , appreciate
Variants
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prejudice , prejudices , prejudiced , prejudicing
Etymology
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From the Latin praejudicium, meaning 'before judgment'.

Trivia
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  1. The term 'prejudices' is often used interchangeably with the term 'biases'.

  2. Prejudices can be conscious or unconscious.

  3. Prejudices can be based on individual experiences or cultural influences.

Related Concepts
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  1. Discrimination: The unjust or prejudicial treatment of people based on their race, gender, religion, or other personal characteristic.

  2. Bias: A systematic error in perception or judgment, often based on unfounded assumptions or preconceptions.

Quotes
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  1. When my mother, who, unlike my father, was Jewish, encountered unpleasant social "prejudice" during my high-school years, I acquired a second marginal identity.

    - Carl E. Schorske,{it}Thinking with History{/it},1998

  2. It is easy to suppose at this late date that there is barely any overt racism left in the United States,  … Kennedy's catalog of mundane cases of explicit anti-black "prejudice" provides ample illustration of what lurks beneath the surface politeness of many whites.

    - John McWhorter,{it}New Republic{/it},14 Jan. 2002

  3. But today most black Americans not hampered by poverty or "prejudice" take for granted their right to study Italian, listen to Britney Spears or opera, play in the NHL, eat Thai food, live anywhere, work anywhere, play anywhere, read and think and say anything.

    - Stephan Talty,{it}Mulatto America{/it},2003

  4. The boundaries between hate and "prejudice" and between prejudice and opinion and between opinion and truth are so complicated and blurred that any attempt to construct legal and political fire walls is a doomed and illiberal venture.

    - Andrew Sullivan,{it}New York Times Magazine{/it},26 Sept. 1999
Culture
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Prejudices have been a significant issue throughout history, leading to discrimination, conflict, and social unrest. They have been explored in literature, art, music, and other forms of expression. For example, Mark Twain's 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' deals with prejudices based on race, and Shakespeare's 'Othello' explores prejudices based on jealousy and mistrust.

How to Memorize "prejudices,"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a person forming an opinion about someone without actually knowing them. Imagine the negative emotions and closed-mindedness that come with this attitude.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'prejudices' with 'closed-mindedness' and 'discrimination'. Remember the negative consequences of holding prejudiced beliefs.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the acronym PREJUDICE to remember the components of prejudice: Preconceived, Reactionary, Emotional, Unwarranted, Discriminatory, Irrational, and Closed-minded.

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