All 5 Uses of
prejudice
in
Jane Eyre
- Mr. Rowland Rochester was not quite just to Mr. Edward; and perhaps he prejudiced his father against him.
p. 149.9prejudiced = created bias that prevents objective consideration
- I feared early instilled prejudice: I wanted to have you safe before hazarding confidences.
p. 363.4prejudice = biases that prevents objective consideration
- I had a feeling that she wished me away: that she did not understand me or my circumstances; that she was prejudiced against me.
p. 389.6prejudiced = unfairly biased
- Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.
p. 391.5 *prejudices = biases that prevents objective consideration
- Firm, faithful, and devoted, full of energy, and zeal, and truth, he labours for his race; he clears their painful way to improvement; he hews down like a giant the prejudices of creed and caste that encumber it.†
p. 521.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(prejudice) bias that prevents objective consideration -- especially an unreasonable belief that is unfair to members of a race, religion, or other group
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
law: In legal use, prejudice can mean harm or to cause harm. Additionally, it has a very specific meaning when seen in the form without prejudice or with prejudice. Without prejudice means that a lawsuit or proceeding ended without legal conclusions. In a civil case, that means a case could be re-filed in the future as though the proceeding never happened. With prejudice means the lawsuit or proceeding was dismissed and cannot be re-filed by the plaintiff with the same claim.