PREJUDGEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prejudgement mean? 

• PREJUDGEMENT (noun)
  The noun PREJUDGEMENT has 1 sense:

1. a judgment reached before the evidence is available

  Familiarity information: PREJUDGEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREJUDGEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A judgment reached before the evidence is available

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

prejudgement; prejudgment

Hypernyms ("prejudgement" is a kind of...):

judgement; judging; judgment (the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions)

Derivation:

prejudge (judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence)