Definition of Prejudicious

1. Adjective. Tending to favor preconceived ideas. "The presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes in the white population"

Exact synonyms: Prejudicial
Partainyms: Prejudice, Prejudice
Derivative terms: Prejudice, Prejudice

2. Adjective. (sometimes followed by 'to') causing harm or injury. "The reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant"
Exact synonyms: Damaging, Detrimental, Prejudicial
Similar to: Harmful
Derivative terms: Detriment

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prejudicious

prejudical
prejudicall
prejudicant
prejudicate
prejudicately
prejudication
prejudications
prejudicative
prejudice
prejudiced
prejudices
prejudicial
prejudicially
prejudicialness
prejudicing
prejudicious (current term)
prejump
prekindergarten
prekindergartener
prekindergarteners
prekindergartens
prekindergartner
prekindergartners
preknowledge
prelabour
prelacies
prelacy
prelal
prelanding
prelapsarian

Literary usage of Prejudicious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States by Horace Greeley (1866)
"41 feel an entire confidence that no measure changing the existing status, prejudicious to the Southern Confederate States, is at present contemplated. ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1806)
"... a disproportionate number of men, by the operation of the power of quitting them, which would be highly prejudicious to their interest and character. ..."

3. Amenities of Literature, Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English by Isaac Disraeli (1842)
"... and in their ordinary language as well as Latin, the authority of the mass would fall, which would be very prejudicious to our ecclesiastical orders. ..."

4. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877: With a Genealogical Register by Lucius Robinson Paige (1877)
"... when standing so long upon the ground, тегу prejudicious and destructive to my health, as I found by experience the last training day, although it was a ..."

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