prejudgments
Opinions before evidence
Prejudgments are opinions formed before adequate evidence is available—judgments made in advance of full consideration.
The word carries a sense of premature conclusion: His prejudgments about the case made him a poor juror.
Unlike prejudice, which implies bias or hostility, prejudgments may simply be hasty rather than unfair.
Belief held without proof
- suppositionBelief without proof
- preconceptionBelief formed beforehand
- presuppositionImplicit prior assumption
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
hypothesis · anticipation · expectation · speculation · guesswork · predetermination · preassessment
Unproven inner sense
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- presentimentVague sense of future events
Unfair favor toward some
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- unfairnessUnjust or biased treatment
one-sidedness · predisposition · racism · sexism · ageism · xenophobia · homophobia · chauvinism
Deriving principles from examples
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- pigeonholingAssigning to narrow categories
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
typecasting · oversimplification · categorization · reductionism
presumption
Belief held without proof
- suppositionBelief without proof
- preconceptionBelief formed beforehand
- presuppositionImplicit prior assumption
conjecture · hypothesis · anticipation · expectation · speculation · guesswork · predetermination · preassessment
hunch
Unproven inner sense
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
partiality
Unfair favor toward some
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
unfairness · one-sidedness · predisposition · racism · sexism · ageism · xenophobia · homophobia · chauvinism · sectarianism
generalization
Deriving principles from examples
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- pigeonholingAssigning to narrow categories
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
labeling · typecasting · oversimplification · categorization · reductionism