prejudgment
Conclusion before evidence
Prejudgment is forming an opinion before having full information or proper consideration.
It carries a negative connotation—suggesting the conclusion was reached unfairly or prematurely: His prejudgment of the case made a fair hearing impossible.
The word is closely related to prejudice, which is essentially prejudgment hardened into habit.
Belief held without proof
- preconceptionBelief formed beforehand
- suppositionBelief without proof
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
inference · anticipation · expectation · surmise · hypothesis · presupposition · predetermination · guesswork
Unfair favor toward some
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
narrow-mindedness · one-sidedness · partisanship · unfairness · injustice · chauvinism · sectarianism · xenophobia
Imprudent haste in action
- impulsivenessActing without forethought
- precipitanceRash, headlong haste
- recklessnessCareless disregard for danger
- ill-consideredLacking careful thought
overhasty · unthinking · impetuous · incautious · knee-jerk · shortsightedness · impetuosity · brashness
Assigning identifying markers
- pigeonholingAssigning to narrow categories
- typecastingAssigning actors similar roles
- generalizationDeriving principles from examples
- categorizationArranging into groups
profiling · oversimplification · stigmatization · stereotyping · assumption · characterization · classification · tagging
presumption
Belief held without proof
- preconceptionBelief formed beforehand
- suppositionBelief without proof
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
speculation · inference · anticipation · expectation · surmise · hypothesis · presupposition · predetermination · guesswork · estimation
partiality
Unfair favor toward some
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
favoritism · narrow-mindedness · one-sidedness · partisanship · unfairness · injustice · chauvinism · sectarianism · xenophobia · predisposition
rashness
Imprudent haste in action
- impulsivenessActing without forethought
- precipitanceRash, headlong haste
- recklessnessCareless disregard for danger
ill-considered · overhasty · unthinking · impetuous · incautious · knee-jerk · shortsightedness · impetuosity · brashness · presumptuousness
labeling
Assigning identifying markers
- pigeonholingAssigning to narrow categories
- typecastingAssigning actors similar roles
- generalizationDeriving principles from examples
categorization · profiling · oversimplification · stigmatization · stereotyping · assumption · characterization · classification · tagging · reductionism
- Prejudicebigotry, intolerance, racism, sexism, hate
- generalizationsgeneralization, generalisation, stereotype, blanket statement, oversimplification
- snap judgmentssnap decision, hasty conclusion, jumping to conclusions, hasty decision, knee-jerk reaction
- misjudgmentsmistake, error, blunder, miscalculation, misstep
- thoughtsthought, idea, thoughts, ideas, thinking
- discriminationracism, systemic discrimination, Jim Crow laws, sexism, racial harassment
prejudgmentopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
open mind · receptivity · intellectual humility · curiosity · flexibility
prejudgmentobjectivity
Freedom from personal bias
impartiality · fairness · neutrality · unbiasedness · even-handedness