Table 2.
Terms included in the study categorized according to Allport’s (1957) degree of action associated to prejudice
Favourable | Unfavourable | ||
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Belief | superior, willpower, kind, courageous, calm, calmness, mildness, mild, innocuous, positive, dignified, delight, delightful, friend, friendship, courage, serenity, excellent, partner, pleasant, polite, brave, higher, adequate, true, happy, peace, peaceful, (28) | Belief | inferior, mediocre, negative, rude, rudeness, lower, shame, shameful, shameless, substandard, slight, carelessness, unkind, inoffensive, distaste, repugnant, rival, scared, sicken, upset, adversary, enemy, opponent (23) |
Attitude & action: | Attitude & Action: | ||
Communication | acknowledgement, empathy, patience, tolerate, attentiveness, respectful speech, patience, cordiality, agreement, endorsement, attestation, regard, taste, remember, interest, tolerance, contentment, politeness, (19) | Antilocution | antipathy, disregard, no acknowledgement, denounce, denunciation, belligerence, belligerent, concern, denial, disagreement, derision, disregard, forget, ignore, indifference, absence of sympathy, refusal, defense, apathy, antagonism (20) |
Acceptance | friendliness, friend, goodwill, kind, kindness, sympathy, acceptance, companionable, conciliate, fearless, cordiality, amicability, accord, self-assurance, attraction, desire, recommend, consonance, pleasure, pleasing, confidence, friendly, amity, affability, affection, benevolence, preservation, acquiescence, appetency, liking, becoming, pleasing, solace, love, love speech, liked, acceptance, accept, acceptation, like, complimentary, gentleness, attraction, attractive, approve, approval (46) | Avoidance | disgust, fear, impatience, afraid, alarmed, annoyance, annoying, anxiety, bitterness, challenger, corrupting, defense, defend, detestation, dislike, disgusting, disgust, disapprove, disapproval, detestation, displeasure, dread, dreadful, foe, ill feeling, ill will, irritating, irritation, loathe, loathing, opposition, repel, repugnance, repulse, repulsion, repulsive, resent, resentment, resistance, revulsion, unbecoming, undignified, upsetting, worry, calmness, independence, weighty, hate, abhorrence, abhorrent, hostile, hostility, neglect, unfriendliness, animosity, contempt (56) |
Admiration | admiration, praise, approval, appreciation, delight, cherish, adore, flattery, pride, admirable, adulation, praise, dignified, appreciation, appreciate, respect, (16) | Discrimination | degrading, rejection, affront, anger, animosity, aversion, conflict, degrading, demeaning, disrespect, enmity, hatred, intolerance, obstruction, offense, offend, offensive, scorn, slur, shamed, unsupportive, hostility, abandonment, humiliating, hate speech, insult (27) |
Aid | Aid, help, heal, support, love act, cooperation, comfort, facilitation, ally, shelter, encourage, encouraging (12) | Physical attack | hate act, physical aggression, abuse, abusive, aggression, assault, attack, bellicose, bellicosity, intimidate, intimidating, intimidation, violence, violent, harm, physical protection (16) |
Original expressions used by Cortina (2017) appear underlined
Source: author’s creation