aizspriedums

A new term coined in the 1860s-1870s, from aiz- +‎ spriedums (“judgment”), with spriedums from spriest (past stem: spried-) (“to judge”) +‎ -ums, probably by K. Valdemārs and F. Brīvzemnieks. At that time, A. Kronvalds also proposed a term aizspriediens, which, however, never became popular.[1]

• IPA^(key): [àjspɾiɛ̂dums]

aizspriedums m (1st declension)

1. prejudice, preconception (a previously made judgment about a situation, usually mistaken, often outdated, which has become an obstacle to reasonable behavior; an often mistaken negative opinion)

   reliģiski aizspriedumi ― religious prejudices

   būt bez aizspriedumiem ― to have no prejudices

   ignorēt aizspriedumus ― to ignore prejudices

   pārvarēt aizspriedumus ― to overcome prejudices

   atrasties aizspriedumu varā ― to be in the power of prejudices

   cīnīties ar veciem aizspriedumiem ― to fight against old prejudices

   aizspriedumi pret jaunām metodēm ― prejudice against new methods

   Indijā vēl nav pārvarēts aizspriedums, ka pērtiķis ir svēts dzīvnieks ― in India, the prejudice that monkeys are holy animals has not yet been overcome

• spriest