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prejudice

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  1. 1. n. Foresight. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A bias on the part of judge, juror, or witness which interferes with fairness of judgment. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. 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. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. 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. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. disadvantage by prejudice Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. influence (somebody's) opinion in advance Source: wordnet
  10. 10. A bias on the part of judge, juror, or witness which interfereswith fairness of judgment. Source: adambom
  11. 11. v:8/n:92 v. disadvantage by prejudice v. influence (somebody's) opinion in advance Source: ecdict

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