prejudgment

English

Alternative forms

• prejudgement

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-lbor.

Middle English pre-

English pre-

English judgment

English prejudgment

From pre- + judgment.

Noun

prejudgment (countable and uncountable, plural prejudgments)

1. A judgment made before evidence has been presented, a prejudice.
2. The act of prejudging; an act of forming a premature opinion or judgment about someone or something.

Translations

judgment made before the evidence has been presented

• Arabic: حُكْمٌ مُسْبَق m (ḥukmun musbaq)
• German: Vorverurteilung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: πρόκριμα n (prókrima)

• Spanish: prejuzgamiento (es) m

Adjective

prejudgment (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to or occurring during the period preceding entry of judgment.