Allport deliberately excluded positive prejudice from his definition.

Evidence

Even though Allport acknowledged that dictionary definitions recognize positive as well as negative prejudice (p. 6), he disallowed positive sentiments as relevant to his understanding of prejudice and confined his analysis to prejudice as antipathy. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 184 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Allport arbitrarily excluded positive sentiments from his definition of prejudice — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 184; Allport’s antipathy definition excluded positive sentiments from prejudice

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