Presentiment vs Prejudice - What's the difference?
presentiment | prejudice |
A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.
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* 1973 , Sidney Sheldon, The Other Side of Midnight :
(countable) An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.
* (rfdate) (Macaulay)
(countable) Any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative.
(countable) An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.
(obsolete) Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.
* , II.ix:
(obsolete) Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.
* (rfdate) (Shakespeare)
To have a negative impact on someone's position, chances etc.
To cause prejudice.
As nouns the difference between presentiment and prejudice
is that presentiment is a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen while prejudice is a harm, a damage.presentiment
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Noun
(en noun)- Everything on the surface appeared to be just as it ought to be. And yet Constantin Demiris still felt that vague sense of unease, a presentiment of trouble.
Synonyms
* (l) * (l) * (l)prejudice
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
- Though often misled by prejudice and passion, he was emphatically an honest man.
- I am free of all prejudices . I hate everyone equally.
- the first did in the forepart sit, / That nought mote hinder his quicke preiudize : / He had a sharpe foresight, and working wit
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- England and France might, through their amity, / Breed him some prejudice .
