November 8, 2005Public Policy

Prejudice

Word of the day for India’s Prime Minister

This is an archived blog post from The Acorn.

Main Entry: prej·u·dice

Pronunciation: 'pre-j&-d&s

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin praejudicium previous judgment, damage, from prae- + judicium judgment — more at JUDICIAL

a (1) : preconceived judgment or opinion (2) : an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge b : an instance of such judgment or opinion [Merriam-Webster]

Maintaining that there was no evidence to support the ‘unsubstantiated references’ in the Volcker Committee findings, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday made it clear that setting up of the judicial inquiry and the fact finding mission is a ‘search’ for truth. [IE]



If you would like to share or comment on this, please discuss it on my GitHub Previous
Good riddance? But he’s still there!
Next
Good blogs from here and there

© Copyright 2003-2024. Nitin Pai. All Rights Reserved.