Vocabulary
Prejudice
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
Urdu meaning
تعصب، بدگمانی، طرفداری
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Sadly, an indifferent state, along with large sections of society, has, through discriminatory laws, allowed prejudice to persist.
- It was triggered through political prejudice alone India shut down the canals emanating from the head works now under its control (after Partition) but feeding irrigated land in Pakistan.
- It says that individuals (male and female) should be treated the same way, without prejudice.
- The brutal absurdity of the past couple of years has deprived that particular accusation of its sting a pity, given that antiJewish prejudice survives almost a century after the European Holocaust.
- As Pablo Neruda wrote, `You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep spring from coming.` No matter how harsh the winter of politics or prejudice, our spring of solidarity will return.
Synonyms
preconceived idea, preconception, preconceived notion, prejudgement
Antonyms
judgment, fairness, impartiality
Curator example
“prejudice against people from different backgrounds”
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