different between tendency vs prejudice

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin tendere / tend?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?nd?nsi/
• Hyphenation: ten?den?cy

Noun

tendency (plural tendencies)

1. A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.

2. (politics) An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
   • 1974, James Boggs, Grace Lee Boggs, Revolution and Evolution, NYU Press ?ISBN, page 134

     Mao launched the struggle against the vulgar materialist tendency within the party as early as 1937.

   • 1997, S. Onslow, Backbench Debate within the Conservative Party and its Influence on British Foreign Policy, 1948-57, Springer ?ISBN, page 234

     In stark contrast to the Europeanist tendency within the party and the Suez Group, this group had a short history.

   • 2013, Richard Gillespie, Lourdes Lopez Nieto, Michael Waller, Factional Politics and Democratization, Routledge ?ISBN, page 83

     It reinforced the position of the conformist tendency within the party, since the majority of the candidates were old politicians, many of them members of Papandreou's centre-left CU faction back in the mid-1960s.

Synonyms

• inclination
• disposition
• propensity
• penchant
• trend

Derived terms

• multitendency

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• præjudice (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English prejudice, from Old French prejudice, from Latin praei?dicium (“previous judgment or damage”), from prae- (“before”) + i?dicium (“judgment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??d???d?s/
• Hyphenation: prej?u?dice

Noun

prejudice (countable and uncountable, plural prejudices)

1. (countable) An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.
2. (countable) Any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative.
3. (countable) An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.

   I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

4. (obsolete) Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.
5. (obsolete) Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.
   • 1702, W. Popple (translator), John Locke, A Letter concerning Toleration […]

     for no injury is thereby done to any one, no prejudice to another man's goods

   • 1662, Thomas Fuller, History of the Worthies of England

     For Pens, so usefull for Scholars to note the remarkables they read, with an impression easily deleble without prejudice to the Book.

Derived terms

• (law) with prejudice – precluding subsequent action
• (law) without prejudice – without affecting a legal interest
• in prejudice of – to the detriment or injury of
• to the prejudice of – with resulting harm to
• prejudicious

Related terms

• prejudge
• prejudicate

Translations

Verb

prejudice (third-person singular simple present prejudices, present participle prejudicing, simple past and past participle prejudiced)

1. (transitive) To have a negative impact on (someone's position, chances etc.).
2. (transitive) To cause prejudice in; to bias the mind of.

Related terms

• prejudge
• prejudiced

Translations

Adjective

prejudice

1. Misspelling of prejudiced.

See also

• bias
• discrimination
• hatred
• racism
• stereotype

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeiudicium.

Noun

prejudice f (oblique plural prejudices, nominative singular prejudice, nominative plural prejudices)

1. (chiefly law) harm; damage
2. (chiefly law) prejudgment; prejudice

Descendants

• English: prejudice
• French: préjudice