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“to be prejudice towards/against someone” vs “to be prejudiced against/towards someone”


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          "Prejudice" is a noun. You can't be prejudice -- instead you have a prejudice.




          He has a prejudice against eating what he considers "foreign" food.




          Or you can say the same thing with "prejudice" as a verb, in this case expressed as a past participle adjective:




          He is prejudiced against eating what he considers "foreign" food.




          Both are fine, as both say the same thing in different ways.




          He has a prejudice against women



          He is prejudiced against women.




          Side note: Because "prejudice" is generally a negative condition, you have to be careful when using "prejudice towards" something. This usually indicates a prejudice in the direction of some negative outcome:




          The judge ruled the evidence would unlawfully prejudice the jury toward convicting the defendant.




          This means that when you say something like, "He is prejudiced toward women," it implies you disapprove of this attitude. If you want to make a more neutral statement, you can instead use terms like "prefer", "incline toward", or "partial to".






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            In the first usage "prejudice" is a noun, and in the second usage "prejudiced" is an adjective.



            The first one might rarely be used at a stretch




            He's prejudice personified




            but the usual use is with "prejudiced".



            About the choice of against and toward, these two examples show the difference.




            He's prejudiced against women.



            He's friendly towards beggars.







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            • You can't be something negative towards someone?

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              You can be prejudiced towards someone or something, but usually it is against. "He is prejudiced towards members of his club". To put it another way, you can't be attracted against someone, or be repelled towards them.

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            Prejudice is a noun, and prejudiced is an adjective. Let's say you were to say:




            He is prejudice against women.




            Then you would be claiming that he, himself, is "prejudice against women", a concept or feeling or state of mind. That's a noun phrase. Being generous, we could assume you were describing him as the personification of such prejudice.



            But then there's:




            He is prejudiced against women.




            This is a much more sensible thing to say. In that case, prejudiced is an adjective, and against women is a complement of that adjective, as it completes the meaning of prejudiced. Actually, the against women bit is a complement in the other case as well.



            Now, a quick exploration of that against/towards thing. There's an argument that prejudice is an inherently negative concept, and philosophically it might be. As a word, though, it means to pre-judge, to judge in absence of evidence based on some characteristic. There's a school of thought that says that prejudice toward(s)1 something is prejudice in that thing's favour, and prejudice against something is to that thing's detriment.



            In my experience, some people have that assumption, and others don't. Personally, I see prejudice against as to the detriment, and prejudice towards as neutral. The expression for prejudice in favour would be prejudice in favour of. NGram suggests that against is used more than the other forms put together, though in favour used to be much more common than toward(s).





            1: Let's not get into the toward/towards debate here, though. It's rather tangential to the question.






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              "Prejudice" is a noun. You can't be prejudice -- instead you have a prejudice.




              He has a prejudice against eating what he considers "foreign" food.




              Or you can say the same thing with "prejudice" as a verb, in this case expressed as a past participle adjective:




              He is prejudiced against eating what he considers "foreign" food.




              Both are fine, as both say the same thing in different ways.




              He has a prejudice against women



              He is prejudiced against women.




              Side note: Because "prejudice" is generally a negative condition, you have to be careful when using "prejudice towards" something. This usually indicates a prejudice in the direction of some negative outcome:




              The judge ruled the evidence would unlawfully prejudice the jury toward convicting the defendant.




              This means that when you say something like, "He is prejudiced toward women," it implies you disapprove of this attitude. If you want to make a more neutral statement, you can instead use terms like "prefer", "incline toward", or "partial to".






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                "Prejudice" is a noun. You can't be prejudice -- instead you have a prejudice.




                He has a prejudice against eating what he considers "foreign" food.




                Or you can say the same thing with "prejudice" as a verb, in this case expressed as a past participle adjective:




                He is prejudiced against eating what he considers "foreign" food.




                Both are fine, as both say the same thing in different ways.




                He has a prejudice against women



                He is prejudiced against women.




                Side note: Because "prejudice" is generally a negative condition, you have to be careful when using "prejudice towards" something. This usually indicates a prejudice in the direction of some negative outcome:




                The judge ruled the evidence would unlawfully prejudice the jury toward convicting the defendant.




                This means that when you say something like, "He is prejudiced toward women," it implies you disapprove of this attitude. If you want to make a more neutral statement, you can instead use terms like "prefer", "incline toward", or "partial to".






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                  "Prejudice" is a noun. You can't be prejudice -- instead you have a prejudice.




                  He has a prejudice against eating what he considers "foreign" food.




                  Or you can say the same thing with "prejudice" as a verb, in this case expressed as a past participle adjective:




                  He is prejudiced against eating what he considers "foreign" food.




                  Both are fine, as both say the same thing in different ways.




                  He has a prejudice against women



                  He is prejudiced against women.




                  Side note: Because "prejudice" is generally a negative condition, you have to be careful when using "prejudice towards" something. This usually indicates a prejudice in the direction of some negative outcome:




                  The judge ruled the evidence would unlawfully prejudice the jury toward convicting the defendant.




                  This means that when you say something like, "He is prejudiced toward women," it implies you disapprove of this attitude. If you want to make a more neutral statement, you can instead use terms like "prefer", "incline toward", or "partial to".






                  share|improve this answer















                  "Prejudice" is a noun. You can't be prejudice -- instead you have a prejudice.




                  He has a prejudice against eating what he considers "foreign" food.




                  Or you can say the same thing with "prejudice" as a verb, in this case expressed as a past participle adjective:




                  He is prejudiced against eating what he considers "foreign" food.




                  Both are fine, as both say the same thing in different ways.




                  He has a prejudice against women



                  He is prejudiced against women.




                  Side note: Because "prejudice" is generally a negative condition, you have to be careful when using "prejudice towards" something. This usually indicates a prejudice in the direction of some negative outcome:




                  The judge ruled the evidence would unlawfully prejudice the jury toward convicting the defendant.




                  This means that when you say something like, "He is prejudiced toward women," it implies you disapprove of this attitude. If you want to make a more neutral statement, you can instead use terms like "prefer", "incline toward", or "partial to".







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                      In the first usage "prejudice" is a noun, and in the second usage "prejudiced" is an adjective.



                      The first one might rarely be used at a stretch




                      He's prejudice personified




                      but the usual use is with "prejudiced".



                      About the choice of against and toward, these two examples show the difference.




                      He's prejudiced against women.



                      He's friendly towards beggars.







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                      • You can't be something negative towards someone?

                        – Kaique
                        3 hours ago






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                        You can be prejudiced towards someone or something, but usually it is against. "He is prejudiced towards members of his club". To put it another way, you can't be attracted against someone, or be repelled towards them.

                        – Weather Vane
                        3 hours ago


















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                      In the first usage "prejudice" is a noun, and in the second usage "prejudiced" is an adjective.



                      The first one might rarely be used at a stretch




                      He's prejudice personified




                      but the usual use is with "prejudiced".



                      About the choice of against and toward, these two examples show the difference.




                      He's prejudiced against women.



                      He's friendly towards beggars.







                      share|improve this answer
























                      • You can't be something negative towards someone?

                        – Kaique
                        3 hours ago






                      • 1





                        You can be prejudiced towards someone or something, but usually it is against. "He is prejudiced towards members of his club". To put it another way, you can't be attracted against someone, or be repelled towards them.

                        – Weather Vane
                        3 hours ago
















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                      In the first usage "prejudice" is a noun, and in the second usage "prejudiced" is an adjective.



                      The first one might rarely be used at a stretch




                      He's prejudice personified




                      but the usual use is with "prejudiced".



                      About the choice of against and toward, these two examples show the difference.




                      He's prejudiced against women.



                      He's friendly towards beggars.







                      share|improve this answer













                      In the first usage "prejudice" is a noun, and in the second usage "prejudiced" is an adjective.



                      The first one might rarely be used at a stretch




                      He's prejudice personified




                      but the usual use is with "prejudiced".



                      About the choice of against and toward, these two examples show the difference.




                      He's prejudiced against women.



                      He's friendly towards beggars.








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                      • You can't be something negative towards someone?

                        – Kaique
                        3 hours ago






                      • 1





                        You can be prejudiced towards someone or something, but usually it is against. "He is prejudiced towards members of his club". To put it another way, you can't be attracted against someone, or be repelled towards them.

                        – Weather Vane
                        3 hours ago





















                      • You can't be something negative towards someone?

                        – Kaique
                        3 hours ago






                      • 1





                        You can be prejudiced towards someone or something, but usually it is against. "He is prejudiced towards members of his club". To put it another way, you can't be attracted against someone, or be repelled towards them.

                        – Weather Vane
                        3 hours ago



















                      You can't be something negative towards someone?

                      – Kaique
                      3 hours ago





                      You can't be something negative towards someone?

                      – Kaique
                      3 hours ago




                      1




                      1





                      You can be prejudiced towards someone or something, but usually it is against. "He is prejudiced towards members of his club". To put it another way, you can't be attracted against someone, or be repelled towards them.

                      – Weather Vane
                      3 hours ago







                      You can be prejudiced towards someone or something, but usually it is against. "He is prejudiced towards members of his club". To put it another way, you can't be attracted against someone, or be repelled towards them.

                      – Weather Vane
                      3 hours ago













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                      Prejudice is a noun, and prejudiced is an adjective. Let's say you were to say:




                      He is prejudice against women.




                      Then you would be claiming that he, himself, is "prejudice against women", a concept or feeling or state of mind. That's a noun phrase. Being generous, we could assume you were describing him as the personification of such prejudice.



                      But then there's:




                      He is prejudiced against women.




                      This is a much more sensible thing to say. In that case, prejudiced is an adjective, and against women is a complement of that adjective, as it completes the meaning of prejudiced. Actually, the against women bit is a complement in the other case as well.



                      Now, a quick exploration of that against/towards thing. There's an argument that prejudice is an inherently negative concept, and philosophically it might be. As a word, though, it means to pre-judge, to judge in absence of evidence based on some characteristic. There's a school of thought that says that prejudice toward(s)1 something is prejudice in that thing's favour, and prejudice against something is to that thing's detriment.



                      In my experience, some people have that assumption, and others don't. Personally, I see prejudice against as to the detriment, and prejudice towards as neutral. The expression for prejudice in favour would be prejudice in favour of. NGram suggests that against is used more than the other forms put together, though in favour used to be much more common than toward(s).





                      1: Let's not get into the toward/towards debate here, though. It's rather tangential to the question.






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                        Prejudice is a noun, and prejudiced is an adjective. Let's say you were to say:




                        He is prejudice against women.




                        Then you would be claiming that he, himself, is "prejudice against women", a concept or feeling or state of mind. That's a noun phrase. Being generous, we could assume you were describing him as the personification of such prejudice.



                        But then there's:




                        He is prejudiced against women.




                        This is a much more sensible thing to say. In that case, prejudiced is an adjective, and against women is a complement of that adjective, as it completes the meaning of prejudiced. Actually, the against women bit is a complement in the other case as well.



                        Now, a quick exploration of that against/towards thing. There's an argument that prejudice is an inherently negative concept, and philosophically it might be. As a word, though, it means to pre-judge, to judge in absence of evidence based on some characteristic. There's a school of thought that says that prejudice toward(s)1 something is prejudice in that thing's favour, and prejudice against something is to that thing's detriment.



                        In my experience, some people have that assumption, and others don't. Personally, I see prejudice against as to the detriment, and prejudice towards as neutral. The expression for prejudice in favour would be prejudice in favour of. NGram suggests that against is used more than the other forms put together, though in favour used to be much more common than toward(s).





                        1: Let's not get into the toward/towards debate here, though. It's rather tangential to the question.






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                          Prejudice is a noun, and prejudiced is an adjective. Let's say you were to say:




                          He is prejudice against women.




                          Then you would be claiming that he, himself, is "prejudice against women", a concept or feeling or state of mind. That's a noun phrase. Being generous, we could assume you were describing him as the personification of such prejudice.



                          But then there's:




                          He is prejudiced against women.




                          This is a much more sensible thing to say. In that case, prejudiced is an adjective, and against women is a complement of that adjective, as it completes the meaning of prejudiced. Actually, the against women bit is a complement in the other case as well.



                          Now, a quick exploration of that against/towards thing. There's an argument that prejudice is an inherently negative concept, and philosophically it might be. As a word, though, it means to pre-judge, to judge in absence of evidence based on some characteristic. There's a school of thought that says that prejudice toward(s)1 something is prejudice in that thing's favour, and prejudice against something is to that thing's detriment.



                          In my experience, some people have that assumption, and others don't. Personally, I see prejudice against as to the detriment, and prejudice towards as neutral. The expression for prejudice in favour would be prejudice in favour of. NGram suggests that against is used more than the other forms put together, though in favour used to be much more common than toward(s).





                          1: Let's not get into the toward/towards debate here, though. It's rather tangential to the question.






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                          Prejudice is a noun, and prejudiced is an adjective. Let's say you were to say:




                          He is prejudice against women.




                          Then you would be claiming that he, himself, is "prejudice against women", a concept or feeling or state of mind. That's a noun phrase. Being generous, we could assume you were describing him as the personification of such prejudice.



                          But then there's:




                          He is prejudiced against women.




                          This is a much more sensible thing to say. In that case, prejudiced is an adjective, and against women is a complement of that adjective, as it completes the meaning of prejudiced. Actually, the against women bit is a complement in the other case as well.



                          Now, a quick exploration of that against/towards thing. There's an argument that prejudice is an inherently negative concept, and philosophically it might be. As a word, though, it means to pre-judge, to judge in absence of evidence based on some characteristic. There's a school of thought that says that prejudice toward(s)1 something is prejudice in that thing's favour, and prejudice against something is to that thing's detriment.



                          In my experience, some people have that assumption, and others don't. Personally, I see prejudice against as to the detriment, and prejudice towards as neutral. The expression for prejudice in favour would be prejudice in favour of. NGram suggests that against is used more than the other forms put together, though in favour used to be much more common than toward(s).





                          1: Let's not get into the toward/towards debate here, though. It's rather tangential to the question.







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