prejudgment
2
7.1
- noun
- /ˈprɛdʒʌdʒmənt/
:
prejuicio
- The library should be the politically and socially neutral environment that avoids prejudgment and encourages exploration.
- make prejudgments
Examples
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Before giving a final decision, we should avoid any prejudgment and consider all the evidence.
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Master music teachers spend little, if any, effort on prejudgment, blame, or revenge.
Academic text (1990) -
Making prejudgments about the sex of an animal is risky.
Academic text (1993) -
The act bars punitive damages and prejudgment interest.
Academic text (2003) -
In addition, social workers who act in a clinical role with clients who have disabilities should be extremely wary of prejudgments or subjective assumptions regarding the meaning of the condition or the impact it likely has on the person, as well as beliefs about the presumptive impact of the disability on identified problems.
Academic text (2011) -
She realized that her prejudgment of the new student was based on rumors and not on facts.
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The investigation revealed that the committee's prejudgment influenced their conclusions before all testimonies were heard.
Synonyms
48
2.7
A guess made without enough evidence
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5.8
An idea accepted as true without proof used as a basis for thinking or action
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6.8
An opinion you form before you have enough facts that makes you judge unfairly
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5.6
An opinion you form before you have enough facts
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7.7
A belief people accept as true before they discuss something
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4.3
An opinion you make before you know the facts
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5.3
An opinion you form before you know enough facts
An opinion you form before you know enough
A strong opinion made before knowing all the facts
How Hasty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Prejudgment starts with pre- meaning 'before' and uses judgment, which means 'a decision or opinion'. So a prejudgment is an opinion made 'before' you know all the facts, which is why it is often unfair.