Preconceived vs. Prejudice

Preconceivedadjective

(of an opinion or notion) Conceived beforehand: formed ahead of time.

Preconceivedverb

simple past tense and past participle of preconceive

Preconceivedadjective

(of an idea or opinion) formed beforehand; especially without evidence or through prejudice;

Preconceivedadjective

(of an idea or opinion) formed before having the evidence for its truth or usefulness

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 .