Attitude vs. Prejudice

Attitudenoun

The position of the body or way of carrying oneself; posture.

Attitudenoun

Disposition or state of mind.

Attitudenoun

A negative, irritating, or irritated attitude; posturing.

Attitudenoun

The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc.

Attitudenoun

(ballet) A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.

Attitudeverb

To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.

Attitudeverb

To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc.

Attitudenoun

The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.

Attitudenoun

The posture or position of a person or an animal, or the manner in which the parts of his body are disposed; position assumed or studied to serve a purpose; as, a threatening attitude; an attitude of entreaty.

Attitudenoun

Fig.: Position as indicating action, feeling, or mood; as, in times of trouble let a nation preserve a firm attitude; one's mental attitude in respect to religion.

Attitudenoun

a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways;

Attitudenoun

position or arrangement of the body and its limbs;

Attitudenoun

a theatrical pose created for effect;

Attitudenoun

position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)

Attitudenoun

a settled way of thinking or feeling about something

Attitudenoun

a position of the body indicating a particular mental state

Attitudenoun

a position in which one leg is lifted behind with the knee bent at right angles and turned out, and the corresponding arm is raised above the head, the other extended to the side.

Attitudenoun

truculent or uncooperative behaviour

Attitudenoun

individuality and self-confidence

Attitudenoun

the orientation of an aircraft or spacecraft, relative to the direction of travel.

Prejudicenoun

(countable) An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.

Prejudicenoun

(countable) Any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative.

Prejudicenoun

(countable) An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.

Prejudicenoun

(obsolete) Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.

Prejudicenoun

(obsolete) Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.

Prejudiceverb

(transitive) To have a negative impact on (someone's position, chances etc.).

Prejudiceverb

(transitive) To cause prejudice in; to bias the mind of.

Prejudicenoun

Foresight.

Prejudicenoun

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.

Prejudicenoun

A bias on the part of judge, juror, or witness which interferes with fairness of judgment.

Prejudicenoun

Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.

Prejudiceverb

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.

Prejudiceverb

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.

Prejudicenoun

a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

Prejudiceverb

disadvantage by prejudice

Prejudiceverb

influence (somebody's) opinion in advance

Prejudice

Prejudice can be an affective feeling towards a person based on their perceived group membership. The word is often used to refer to a preconceived (usually unfavourable) evaluation or classification of another person based on that person's perceived political affiliation, sex, gender, beliefs, values, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race, ethnicity, language, nationality, complexion, beauty, height, occupation, wealth, education, criminality, sport-team affiliation, music tastes or other personal characteristics.The word can also refer to unfounded or pigeonholed beliefs and it may apply to .