Prejudice
prejudice
(Latin: prae, before; judicium, judgment)
Judgment based on wrong or insufficient data. It is that state of mind which decides on a matter either without due knowledge, or, what is worse, with erroneous knowledge. Prejudice acts in two ways: it causes its victims to judge persons or things wrongly, and, moreover, blinds their reasoning faculties so that they are not open to conviction. An illustration of this may be seen in parties opposed to each other in litigation. Neither side sees the case in the light of the other; hence the necessity of a judge. Prejudice is culpable if one does not use ordinary honesty and effort in order to know the facts of the matter in question.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Prejudice
(praejudico, to judge before inquiry) is a prejudging, that is, forming or adopting an opinion concerning anything before the grounds of it have been fairly or fully considered. The opinion may be true or false; but in so far as the grounds of it have not been examined, it is erroneous or without proper evidence. In most cases prejudices are opinions which, on some account, men are pleased with, independently of any conviction of their truth; and which, therefore, they are afraid to examine, lest they should find them to be false. Prejudices then, are unreasonable judgments, formed or held under the influence of some other motive than the love of truth. They may therefore be classed according to the nature of the motives from which they result. These motives are either, 1, pleasurable, innocent, and social; or, 2, they are malignant (Taylor, Elements of Thought). Dr. Reid (Intell. Powers, essay 6, ch. 8) has treated of prejudices, or the causes of error, according to the classification given of them by lord Bacon, under the name of idols. Locke (Essay on the Human Understanding, bk. 4, ch. 20) has treated of the causes of error. Some excellent observations on the prejudices peculiar to men of study may be seen in Malebranche (Search after Truth). See Christian Examiner and Gen. Revelation 4 (1830), 280.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Prejudice
denotes “pre-judging” (akin to prokrino, “to judge beforehand”), 1Ti 5:21, RV, “prejudice” (marg., “preference”), preferring one person, another being put aside, by unfavorable judgment due to partiality.