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Collocations for prejudice - noun

ADJECTIVE

deep, deep-rooted, deep-seated, strong
blatant
serious (esp. BrE), unfair (esp. BrE)
personal
popular
She has not been afraid to challenge popular prejudices.
old
It's hard to break down old prejudices.
blind, irrational
anti-Catholic, anti-gay, etc.
class, colour/color (esp. AmE), cultural, ethnic, political, race (esp. AmE), racial, religious, sexist, social

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VERB + prejudice

have, hold
We all have prejudices of some kind.
air, express
He sat there airing his personal prejudices.
appeal to, pander to
We must not pander to the irrational prejudices of a small minority.
confirm, reinforce
encounter
She had never encountered such deep prejudice before.
confront, face
suffer
challenge, fight
overcome, put aside
It's time to put aside our old prejudices.
break down, eliminate, eradicate

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PREPOSITION

without prejudice
The tale is told without prejudice or bias.
prejudice about
a book written to challenge prejudices about disabled people
prejudice against
deep-rooted prejudice against homosexuals
prejudice among
prejudice among ignorant people
prejudice towards/toward
prejudice towards/toward immigrants

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PHRASES

a victim of prejudice

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Collocations for prejudice - verb

1. cause sb to have a prejudice

ADVERB

unfairly

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PREPOSITION

against, in favour/favor of
Newspaper reports had unfairly prejudiced the jury in her favour/favor.

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2. (law) weaken sth/make it less fair

ADVERB

seriously, severely, substantially
This could seriously prejudice her safety.
unduly

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VERB + prejudice

be likely to
She did not disclose evidence that was likely to prejudice her client's case.

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Prejudice is used with these nouns as the object:
chance

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