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
Source: author’s creation