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Webster 1913 Edition
Prosopolepsy
Prosˊo-po-lep′sy
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK];
πρόσωπον
a face, a person + [GREEK] a taking, receiving, [GREEK] to take.] Respect of persons; especially, a premature opinion or prejudice against a person, formed from his external appearance.
[R.]
Addison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Prosopolepsy
PROSOPOLEP'SY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
prosopolepsy
prosopolepsy
English
Noun
prosopolepsy (usually uncountable, plural prosopolepsies)
- respect of persons; especially, a premature opinion or prejudice against a person, formed from external appearance
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