When reality agrees with my prejudices, they get __. What's the right word?
For example: "I had long been prejudiced against city-dwellers as wayward and spendthrift; and when I saw the lust and lucre of New Delhi, my prejudices were __."
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I had long been prejudiced against city-dwellers as wayward and spendthrift; and when I saw the lust and lucre of New Delhi, my prejudices were . . .
1) justified
2) confirmed
Prejudices are not 'fulfilled', because a prejudice is an opinion.
I had long been prejudiced against city-dwellers as wayward and spendthrift; and when I saw the lust and lucre of New Delhi, I saw that my prejudices were ...
1) valid
2) reasonable
3) not unfounded/baseless
answered Apr 12, 2011 at 7:28
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@mplung: Chances are that he didn't. Besides the answers being posted just 40 seconds apart, that simply doesn't happen on this kind of site. Commented Apr 12, 2011 at 7:40
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No, I did not copy it. I got the alert that "1 more answer has been posted" just before I was about to hit my POST button. Commented Apr 12, 2011 at 7:53
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Your prejudices were reinforced or vindicated.
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1I think 'reinforced' is a better word in this context than 'vindicated'. Commented Apr 12, 2011 at 7:59
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It depends on what you want to say. To say that your prejudices were reinforced is neutral or a bit negative toward the content of those prejudices. To say that they are vindicated is to take an opinionated stance in support of those prejudices: it says they were proven correct. Commented Apr 12, 2011 at 8:51
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- Confirmed
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1I don't think affirm is appropriate here because it is something a person does: state emphatically or publicly– z7sg ѪCommented Apr 12, 2011 at 10:53
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answered Apr 12, 2011 at 6:58
Confirmed for a rather inflexible answer; justified implying a slightly less definite conclusion; appropriate suggesting they were not unfounded; reinforced, bolstered, supported, strengthened implying they were added to; correct if you want to appear more reactionary. Cobmbinations of words may fit better - sadly true, not unfounded, not without cause etc etc.
