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. 2022 Jun 28:1–16. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s00146-022-01494-z

Table 2.

Terms included in the study categorized according to Allport’s (1957) degree of action associated to prejudice

Favourable Unfavourable
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

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