I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
racial prejudice (= unreasonable bad opinions of someone based on their race )
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He claimed that his opponents were motivated by racial prejudice.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
blind
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You can't see past your own stupid blind prejudice !
old
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His father was ageing, unsure, falling back on old prejudices to defend his position.
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And each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices .
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It's hard enough to break down the old prejudices - I know that from experience.
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Public school twits, she thought, an old prejudice welling up in her.
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The reluctance stems from a healthy fear of stirring old prejudices .
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With their tote bags, the immigrants brought alOng all their old prejudices , and immediately picked up some new ones.
personal
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In the end it comes down to personal prejudice .
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Only their own personal prejudices remained to influence their perceptions in one direction or another.
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Insensitive interviewers are often influenced too much by their personal prejudices to an interviewee and fail to appreciate the interviewee's nervousness.
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Clearly party and leader images were dominated by personal partisan prejudice and that domination increased towards the end of the campaign.
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None the less there remained deep personal prejudices that affected perceptions of both.
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Compared to this enormous influence of personal prejudice the influence of the media on economic perceptions was small but none the less significant.
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Clearly images of parties and leaders were dominated by personal partisan prejudice and that domination increased towards the end of the campaign.
political
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Young people are almost as likely as their elders to respond in these terms. Political prejudices pass down the generations.
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It responded therefore on the basis of a principle and judgment of quality, and was accused of political prejudice .
racial
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These terms are obviously meant to degrade Tom and this also shows racial prejudice although not to such a great extent.
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Sometimes overcoming enormous odds, mostly because of racial prejudice , black athletes changed the sporting landscape in the United States.
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I've seen evidence of his denouncing racial prejudice in others, and it greatly impressed me.
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Two more forms of racial prejudice are shown here.
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Crocker was a child of integration and his lack of racial prejudice in music showed it.
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One or two other teachers were encouraged by my willingness to argue against racial prejudice and became more vocal themselves.
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And attitude surveys in Britain have been recording a steady decline in racial prejudice .
social
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Social institutions and social prejudices lead them astray.
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They questioned the rights of the individual versus social prejudices and injustices.
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These { sublime criminals } or outlaws became heroes because they embodied the rights of the individual against social prejudices and injustices.
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colour
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Many had also learnt from bitter experience that a good education was needed in the continuing battle against colour prejudice .
■ VERB
based
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This discrimination is based simply on prejudice , because the cost of providing a widower's pension is very small.
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To do so is based upon prejudice and thoughtlessness.
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Could a member of the public expect a professional response, or one based on superstition and prejudice ?
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Thus, discrimination against disabled persons which is founded upon stereotypical attitudes and ignorance is caught, as well as that based upon prejudice .
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All these attitudes are based on deep-seated prejudice and cause conflict.
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We are also committed to breaking down artificial barriers to women's advancement based on prejudice or lack of imagination.
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Expectations can be damaging, especially when they are based on prejudice .
overcome
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That would be a hard battle to win, since he would have to overcome prejudice , defeatism and small-mindedness.
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The three-year project is designed to overcome prejudice about the construction industry and give children a realistic insight into its many occupations.
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Davis's struggle to overcome the racial prejudice that held him back was backed by Sinatra.
suffer
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In the past they say they've suffered prejudice and poor support.
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Fisher believes they suffer no prejudice and have not been snubbed by friends.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
blind faith/prejudice/obedience etc
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Faith ceases to be laudable when it is blind faith.
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I followed his commands with blind obedience, never bothering to question what his purpose might have been.
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It was not blind faith that drove them to change the world, but a belief very well grounded in reality.
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Memes for blind faith have their own ruthless ways of propagating themselves.
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Safety is a matter of active attention and alert work practices, not blind obedience to arbitrary rules.
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The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
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Then you reposed an absolutely blind faith in the Emperor!
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This is true of patriotic and political as well as religious blind faith.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a rising prejudice against gays
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Able young men and women are still held back from success by prejudice .
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Almost all immigrant groups have faced prejudice in their new countries.
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Being a black man, I have to deal with prejudice every day.
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Criticizing people's accents in this way is nothing less than class prejudice .
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For years he has fought against prejudice and racial hatred.
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measures to tackle the problem of racial prejudice in the police force
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The number of hate crimes spurred by racial prejudice is increasing in our state.
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There is still a lot of prejudice against gay men.
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You should learn to identify your own prejudices and deal with them.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Antiracists have pointed out that in privileging prejudice and attitudes the multiculturalists have neglected racism as embedded in structures and institutions.
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For the first time he met, peeping above the surface, the force of a prejudice which had unrelenting ferocity.
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His son, M.. Vanderk fils, retains the prejudice of the nobility against commerce.
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Is there any person or persons against whom you feel a real or active prejudice ?
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She pushed many people away by her critical, biting comments and narrow prejudices.
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Talk radio, of course, is a nearly continuous wave length of prejudice , directed mostly from the right.
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The exercise appears to be little more than an outlet for fear and prejudice .
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Younger people are less susceptible to these prejudices and it is in the field of education that most can be achieved.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
case
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Subsequently, the three were to be released on the grounds that the statements of King and others had prejudiced their case .
chance
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Charitable work was also something that daughters could do without prejudicing their chances in the marriage market.
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If you didn't, you'd be prejudicing your client's chances .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A criminal record will prejudice your chances of getting a job.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He said Wells's escape would prejudice the juries.
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In view of their greater interest in Jarrad, the plaintiffs contended that they had been unfairly prejudiced.
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Indeed failure to take such steps will seriously prejudice his potential claim on the Marine Policy.
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It also says full repayment would prejudice its economic recovery.
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It will not prejudice his claim in any way if he takes all necessary steps to minimise and contain his loss.
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The prejudiced parents get exactly what they wanted.
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The paper shows that there could be a return of these positions without prejudicing the integrity of an Edinburgh and Lothian-wide council.
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Unless the opinion is totally misconceived, an applicant should not be prejudiced merely because it was wrong.