Italian Word of the Day:
"Prevenuto"
"Prevenuto"
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Prevenuto
comes from the verb
prevenire
, which has a number of meanings including - to beat someone to something - to prevent - to warn - to cause someone to feel prejudiced against someone
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The meaning of
prevenuto
(
biased
/
prejudiced
) clearly comes from the last definition.
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Example sentence:
Giorgio è prevenuto contro gli stranieri.
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Giorgio is prejudiced against foreigners.
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Interestingly,
prevenuto
also exists as a noun. In the forensic language of the past, it meant “the accused” or “the defendant”.
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