Postjudice
//ˈpəʊstdʒʊdɪs// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An opinion or bias acquired after the fact, or after a given event.
"There is a mixture of good sense and of what, for want of a better name, people call prejudice: but to this mixture we owe our stability. The proper word is postjudice, a clinging to past experience, often longer than is held judicious by after times."
Example
More examples"There is a mixture of good sense and of what, for want of a better name, people call prejudice: but to this mixture we owe our stability. The proper word is postjudice, a clinging to past experience, often longer than is held judicious by after times."
Etymology
From post- + (pre)judice.
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