prejudice

1 عمومی:: تبعیض‌، پیشداوری، قضاوت‌ تبعیض‌ امیز، تعصب‌، غرض‌ ورزی‌، غرض‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: noun bigotry: Prejudice is ignorance of reality.

Simple Definitions

2 general::   verb cause sb to have a prejudice ADV. unfairly PREP. against, in favour of Reading newspaper reports had unfairly prejudiced the jury in her favour. weaken sth/make it less fair ADV. seriously, severely, substantially VERB + PREJUDICE be likely to She did not disclose evidence that was likely to prejudice her client's case,   noun ADJ. deep, deep-rooted, deep-seated, strong | blatant | serious, unfair (both law) | personal | old It's hard to break down old prejudices. | blind, irrational | anti-gay, anti-Catholic, etc. | class, cultural, political, racial, religious, sectarian, sexist VERB + PREJUDICE have, hold We all have prejudices of some kind. | air, express He sat there airing his personal prejudices. | arouse, feed, stir up | appeal to, pander to We must not pander to the irrational prejudices of a small minority. | confirm | come up against, encounter She had never encountered such deep prejudice before. | suffer | challenge | overcome | break down, eliminate, eradicate PREP. ~ about a book written to challenge prejudices about disabled people | ~ against deep-rooted prejudice against homosexuals | ~ among prejudice among ignorant people | ~ towards prejudice towards immigrants PHRASES a victim of prejudice

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

3 general:: prejudice adjectives racial prejudice • a novel about a young white boy who is forced to confront his racial prejudice class prejudice • Those old class prejudices haven’t gone away. blind prejudice (= prejudice that stops you from considering the facts ) • I tried to show him he was just talking out of blind prejudice. strong prejudice • Women who want to work in broadcasting often encounter strong prejudice. deep-seated prejudice (= very strong and difficult to change ) • All these attitudes are based on deep-seated prejudice. verbs experience/encounter prejudice • Students with learning difficulties often encounter prejudice. overcome prejudice • the story of how a poor kid from the ghetto overcomes poverty and prejudice phrases prejudice against women/black people etc • There is still a lot of prejudice against women in positions of authority.

transnet.ir

4 general:: prejudice an unreasonable dislike and distrust of people who are different from you in some way, especially because of their race, sex, religion etc: • racial prejudice • prejudice against women discrimination the practice of treating one group of people differently from another in an unfair way: • There is widespread discrimination against older people. • the laws on sex discrimination intolerance an unreasonable refusal to accept beliefs, customs, and ways of thinking that are different from your own: • religious intolerance • There is an atmosphere of intolerance in the media. bigotry a completely unreasonable hatred for people of a different race, religion etc, based on strong and fixed opinions: • religious bigotry • the bigotry directed at Jews and other ethnic groups racism/racial prejudice unfair treatment of people because they belong to a different race: • Many black people have been the victims of racism in Britain. • Some immigrant groups faced racism, for example Jews and Italians, while others, such as Scandinavians, did not. sexism the belief that one sex, especially women, is weaker, less intelligent etc than the other, especially when this results in someone being treated unfairly: • sexism in language • She accused him of sexism. ageism ( also agism American English ) unfair treatment of people because they are old: • The new law aims to stop ageism in the workplace. homophobia prejudice towards or hatred of gay people: • homophobia in the armed forces xenophobia hatred and fear of foreigners: • the xenophobia of the right-wing press anti-Semitism a strong feeling of hatred toward Jewish people: • Is anti-Semitism on the increase? Islamophobia hatred and fear of Muslims: • the rise of Islamophobia and right-wing extremism in Europe gay/union/America etc bashing unfair public criticism of gay people, union members, the American government etc: • The minister was accused of union bashing. • There's so much America-bashing in the liberal press. people who are prejudiced racist someone who treats people of other races unfairly or badly: • When he expressed his opinion, he was branded a racist. bigot someone who has strong unreasonable opinions, especially about race or religion: • a racist bigot sexist someone, especially a man, who believes that their sex is better, more intelligent, more important etc than the other: • Will the sexists ever support a female President?

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