prejudice

1. (countable) An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.Examples: "Though often misled by prejudice and passion, he was emphatically an honest man."countable

2. (countable) A preconception, any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative.Examples: "Morality is but a prejudice."countable

3. (countable) An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.Examples: "I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally."countable

4. (obsolete) Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.Examples: "[…] the first did in the forepart sit, / That nought mote hinder his quicke preiudize: / He had a sharpe foresight, and working wit […]"countableobsoleteuncountable

5. (chiefly obsolete) Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.Examples: "We both of us happen’d to know, as well as the Stationer, that Riddlesden the Attorney, was a very Knave. He had half ruin’d Miss Read’s Father by drawing him in to be bound for him. By his Letter it appear’d, there was a secret Scheme on foot to the Prejudice of Hamilton, (Suppos’d to be then coming over with us,) and that Keith was concern’d in it with Riddlesden. [...]"; "for no injury is thereby done to any one, no prejudice to another man's goods"; "England and France might, through their amity, / Breed him some prejudice."countableobsoleteuncountable