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61Preference — (also called taste or penchant ) is a concept, used in the social sciences, particularly economics. It assumes a real or imagined choice between alternatives and the possibility of rank ordering of these alternatives, based on happiness,… …
62survey — sur|vey1 W3S3 [ˈsə:veı US ˈsə:r ] n 1.) a set of questions that you ask a large number of people in order to find out about their opinions or behaviour carry out/conduct a survey (=do a survey) ▪ We conducted a survey of parents in the village.… …
63value judgement — value judgements N COUNT If you make a value judgement about something, you form an opinion about it based on your principles and beliefs and not on facts which can be checked or proved. Social scientists have grown extremely unwilling to make… …
64survey — 1 noun (C) 1 a set of questions that you ask a large number of people in order to find out about their opinions or behaviour: to carry out/conduct a survey (=do a survey): a recent survey conducted by Manchester university into children s… …
65prejudice — prej|u|dice1 [ predʒədıs ] noun count or uncount ** an unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially the feeling of not liking a particular group of people: Jackson apologized, saying the song was supposed to illustrate the evils of prejudice.… …
66judge — noun 1》 a public officer appointed to decide cases in a law court. ↘a person who decides the results of a competition. ↘a person able or qualified to give an opinion: a good judge of character. 2》 a leader having temporary authority in… …
67prejudice — I UK [ˈpredʒʊdɪs] / US [ˈpredʒədɪs] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms prejudice : singular prejudice plural prejudices ** an unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially the feeling of not liking a particular group of people the evils of… …
68prejudice — [ˈpredʒʊdɪs] noun [C/U] I an unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially the feeling of not liking a particular group of people We ve been working hard to overcome prejudice against women in politics.[/ex] II verb [T] prejudice [ˈpredʒʊdɪs] to… …
69judge — ► NOUN 1) a public officer appointed to decide cases in a law court. 2) a person who decides the results of a competition. 3) a person able or qualified to give an opinion. ► VERB 1) form an opinion about. 2) give a verdict on in a law court. 3) …
70size up — {v.}, {informal} To decide what one thinks about (something); to form an opinion about (something). * /Give Joe an hour to size up the situation and he ll tell you what to do next./ * /Our coach went to New York to size up the team we ll face in… …