prejudgment

English

Alternative forms

• prejudgement

Etymology

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: πρόκριμα n (prókrima)

Adjective

prejudgment (not comparable)

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