prejudice

²prej·u·dice

verb \ˈpre-jə-dəs\

prej·u·dicedprej·u·dic·ing

Definition of PREJUDICE

transitive verb

1

: to injure or damage by some judgment or action (as in a case of law)

2

: to cause to have prejudice(see ¹prejudice)

Examples of PREJUDICE

1. <all the bad stories I had heard about the incoming CEO prejudiced me against him even before the first meeting>
2. Paul Revere … engraved the drawing and printed hundreds of vividly colored copies, which traveled throughout the colonies. Well might one judge at Captain Preston's trial complain that “there has been a great deal done to prejudice the People against the Prisoner.” —Hiller B. Zobel American Heritage, July/August 1995
3. My friends would have had me delay my departure, but fearful of prejudicing my employers against me by such want of punctuality at the commencement of my undertaking, I persisted in keeping the appointment. —Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey, 1847

Origin of PREJUDICE

(see ¹prejudice)

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to PREJUDICE

Synonyms: bias, poison, turn

Related Words: dispose, incline, predispose; influence, prepossess; convince, persuade, suggest

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