All 10 Uses of
prejudice
in
Man And Superman
- Byron was as little of a philosopher as Peter the Great: both were instances of that rare and useful, but unedifying variation, an energetic genius born without the prejudices or superstitions of his contemporaries.†
Chpt Ded.
- Both are alike forced to borrow motives for the more strenuous actions of their personages from the common stockpot of melodramatic plots; so that Hamlet has to be stimulated by the prejudices of a policeman and Macbeth by the cupidities of a bushranger.†
Chpt Ded.
- You know that I am not a bigoted or prejudiced man.†
Chpt 1
- [rising and coming from his refuge by the wall] Mr Ramsden: I think you are prejudiced against Jack.†
Chpt 1
- I detest its prejudices; I scorn its narrowness; I demand the right to think for myself.†
Chpt 1
- He has a prejudice against the English middle class.
Chpt 2 *prejudice = unreasonable and unfair beliefs or feelings
- Her intellect reached forward into the twentieth century: her social prejudices and family affections reached back into the dark ages.†
Chpt 3
- You come to us from earth, full of the prejudices and terrors of that priest-ridden place.†
Chpt 3
- That may be prejudice; but so is your desire to have him marry a title prejudice.†
Chpt 3
- That may be prejudice; but so is your desire to have him marry a title prejudice.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
-
(prejudice) bias that prevents objective consideration -- especially an unreasonable belief that is unfair to members of a race, religion, or other group