0 an unreasonable attitude toward sb or sth -- fordom [ masculine ]
prejudices about older employees fordommer om eldre ansatte
his prejudice against foreign-made products motviljen hennes mot produkter laget utenlands
1 to influence sb’s thinking, so that they have a prejudice -- påvirke
The prosecutor prejudiced the jury against the defendant. Aktor påvirket juryen i tiltaltes disfavør.
2 (an) opinion or feeling for or especially against something, formed unfairly or unreasonably ie without proper knowledge -- fordom
3 to cause to feel prejudice for or against something -- skape fordommer, bli forutinntatt
Publicity can sometimes prejudice the interests of justice.
4 to harm or endanger (a person’s position, prospects etc) in some way -- skade
Your terrible handwriting will prejudice your chances of passing the exam.
In fact, there are a good many reasons to take the embittered reflections and prejudices of contemporaries seriously, and not to brush them aside.
The reliability of records such as electoral registers can also be prejudiced by differential geographical mobility.
The tolerance and freedom from prejudice they vaunted pertained largely to religion, not nationality.
Thus did red tape and prejudice prevent an important feature connected with the genuine character of spiritual agency from being put to the test.
However, despite the personal prejudices of the 'establishment', respect for the creative skill of an author might hold sway.
Relativism counsels tolerance, it is believed, whereas nonrelativism engenders accusations of irrationality or willful malice and a dogmatic attachment to one's own cultural prejudices.
There are simply too many constituencies, too many prejudices and too many conflicting instincts to satisfy.
All stories are artificial constructions, he seeks to remind us, and never convey the facts to the exception of presuppositions, prejudices and blindspots about ourselves.
