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What is a major theme of Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice?

prejudice

[prej-uh-dis] / ˈprɛdʒ ə dɪs /




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The exes settled that case with prejudice last year but returned to a legal spotlight in March.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

For years, campuses taught students to recognize prejudice and the dangers of stereotyping minorities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

And it announced plans to recognise misogyny as a "distinct form of prejudice and abuse", alongside a public health campaign to target toxic male behaviour.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Sly and the Family Stone’s message of overcoming prejudice and treating everyone with dignity, including ourselves, matches their steadfast dedication to making all their fans feel loved, especially children.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

I never met anybody so dedicated to fighting reactionary ideas and prejudice as this folk- singer.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

All teams are defined, to some measure, on the preferences and prejudices of their managers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

The photo remains a bellwether even today, revealing more about the yearnings and prejudices of its viewers than about the subject herself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Aa a pop star with 10 years of hits under her belt, she says big artists need to shed their prejudices about Eurovision.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

People like John Lithgow, who plays Dumbledore, insist that Rowling’s Wizarding World is open to all, regardless of the creator’s prejudices.

From Salon ● May 14, 2026

Lawyers typically have little information about potential jurors, so their decisions to strike individual jurors tend to be based on nothing more than stereotypes, prejudices, and hunches.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Labour county councillor Jewel Miah, who was also in the briefing, said Abbott's remarks were prejudiced and has called for him to resign.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026

Helder Barbalho, the governor of the state of Para, where Belem is located, slammed "the prejudiced" comments on the X social network.

From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025

In court documents reviewed by the New York Times, the defense has accused Halligan of “irregularities so severe and pervasivevthat they likely prejudiced the grand jurors’ narrow decision to indict.”

From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025

The judge found the special prosecutor and Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputies had concealed evidence from Baldwin’s legal team, which the judge said prejudiced the case against Baldwin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025

He defined reliable evidence as one would in a court of law: more than one witness, and the witnesses must be of sound mind, not partial or prejudiced.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The effective double trial led each executive to produce more damaging claims about the other, thus prejudicing the jury against the defendants, the lawyers said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

An Environment Agency spokesman said they were "actively investigating" the dumping and had shared "as much information as we can with the residents of Highnam without prejudicing any further enforcement action".

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026

“Plaintiffs’ concealment of their identities is prejudicing the Robinsons’ defense,” the motion alleges.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025

The inquiry has already ruled that evidence about the company will be heard in private later this month to avoid prejudicing an ongoing police investigation.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2025

Judge Bundy, sir, was—— I did not stop to hear the eulogy, nor did I consider how I might be prejudicing myself with the president by so rudely breaking from him.

From David Malcolm by Nelson Lloyd




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