PREJUDICE


Meaning of PREJUDICE in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ deep , deep-rooted , deep-seated , strong

▪ blatant

▪ serious ( esp. BrE ), unfair ( esp. BrE )

▪ personal

▪ popular

She has not been afraid to challenge popular ~s.

▪ old

It's hard to break down old ~s.

▪ blind , irrational

▪ anti-Catholic , anti-gay , etc.

▪ class , colour/color ( esp. AmE ), cultural , ethnic , political , race ( esp. AmE ), racial , religious , sexist , social

VERB + PREJUDICE

▪ have , hold

We all have ~s of some kind.

▪ air , express

He sat there airing his personal ~s.

▪ appeal to , pander to

We must not pander to the irrational ~s of a small minority.

▪ confirm , reinforce

▪ encounter

She had never encountered such deep ~ before.

▪ confront , face

▪ suffer

▪ challenge , fight

▪ overcome , put aside

It's time to put aside our old ~s.

▪ break down , eliminate , eradicate

PREPOSITION

▪ without ~

The tale is told without ~ or bias.

▪ ~ about

a book written to challenge ~s about disabled people

▪ ~ against

deep-rooted ~ against homosexuals

▪ ~ among

~ among ignorant people

▪ ~ towards/toward

~ towards/toward immigrants

PHRASES

▪ a victim of ~

II.

verb

1 cause sb to have a prejudice

ADVERB

▪ unfairly

PREPOSITION

▪ against , in favour/favor of

Newspaper reports had unfairly ~d the jury in her favour/favor.

2 ( law ) weaken sth/make it less fair

ADVERB

▪ seriously , severely , substantially

This could seriously ~ her safety.

▪ unduly

VERB + PREJUDICE

▪ be likely to

She did not disclose evidence that was likely to ~ her client's case.

Prejudice is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ chance

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .