prejudice
/pˈɹedʒədɪs/PREH-juh-dis
/pˈɹɛdʒədɪs/PREH-juh-dis
Meaninga judging before
Common meaning: an opinion formed beforehand
- prebefore
- judone who rules on a caseLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1008 · scan
- icenoun ending: quality or act
‘before’ + ‘one who rules on a case’ → prejudice
Journey through time
- Latiniūdex, -icis‘one who rules on a case’
- Middle Englishprejudicesource
- Englishprejudice‘an opinion formed beforehand’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin iūdex ‘one who rules on a case’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry iūdex, p. 1008 · dictionary scan
Roots
- iūdex, -icis Latin “one who rules on a case”
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