Antilocution describes a form of prejudice in which negative verbal remarks against a person, group, or community, are made and not addressed directly to the subject.Kenny, Robert Wade; ANTILOCUTIONS in Encyclopedia of Human Services and Diversity (edited By Linwood Cousins), 2014, pp. 94–96. American psychologist Gordon Allport coined this term in his 1954 book, The Nature of Prejudice.Allport, Gordon W (1955). The Nature of Prejudice. Cambridge, US Antilocution is the first stage of Allport's Scale, which can be used to measure the degree of bias or prejudice in a society. After antilocution, Allport's subsequent stages of prejudice are  avoidance, discrimination, physical attack, and extermination. Antilocution is a compound noun consisting of the word 'locution' and prefix 'anti' which expresses a counterproductive way to employ locution . Description Antilocution is considered to be the least aggressive form of prejudice , but can nevertheless be destructive and life-changing for the subject . Those who employ antilocution may not be aware of it or consider themselves as having been involved in any discriminatory act. Antilocution is perhaps the most common form of discriminative act. The subject may feel the need to join in if the antilocution is employed by the majority. This can either create a place for the subject in the group or lead to the spread of biased information that perpetuates discriminatory behaviors toward the subject . The term 'antilocution' is used less often than the term 'hate speech , which has a similar meaning but places no regard on the fact that the out-group is unaware of the discrimination and frequently progresses to other more damaging forms of prejudiced behavior. Causes, employment, and danger Individuals often engage in a prejudicial conversation when they feel threatened and it is frequently based on misperceptions and stereotyping of the subject. Antilocution is often related to the view of the subject as an anomaly. For example, a group may judge a new, unknown member based on their perceptions and exposure to stereotypes. Individuals engaged in this behavior may deny that their behavior is prejudicial, but that it is a matter of expressing their own opinions. This response to antilocution is very dangerous on its own as it leads to widespread discriminative acts toward the subject as individuals feel little to no guilt in doing so .  Facts are often needed to contradict misinformation and create a positive influence in the society toward the subject, or else opinions will continue to multiply and lead to further misconceptions, which can eventually lead to more serious forms of prejudice and discrimination and will harm the subject socially, mentally, and even physically if the problem worsens to a certain degree .
Antilocution describes a form of prejudice in which negative verbal remarks against a person, group, or community, are made but not addressed directly to the subject.Kenny, Robert Wade; ANTILOCUTIONS in Encyclopedia of Human Services and Diversity (edited By Linwood Cousins), 2014, pp. 94–96. American psychologist Gordon Allport coined this term in his 1954 book, The Nature of Prejudice.Allport, Gordon W (1955). The Nature of Prejudice. Cambridge, US Antilocution is the first point on Allport's Scale, which can be used to measure the degree of bias or prejudice in a society. Allport's stages of prejudice are antilocution, avoidance, discrimination, physical attack, and extermination. Antilocution is a compound noun consisting of the word 'locution' and prefix 'anti' which expresses locution's antithesis . Description Allport considered antilocution to be the least aggressive form of prejudice . It can nevertheless be destructive and life-changing for its object/target . Those who employ antilocution may neither know what they are doing nor consider themselves committing a discriminatory act. A subject may feel the need to join in if the antilocution is employed by the majority. This can either bind the subject to the group and/or spread biased information that perpetuates discriminatory behaviors toward the object . "Antilocution" is used less often than "hate speech" , which has a similar meaning but places no regard on the fact that the out-group is unaware of the discrimination . Causes, employment, and danger Individuals may engage in prejudicial conversation when they feel threatened . Such conversations may be based on misperceptions and by the subject. For example, a group may apply stereotypes to a new, unknown member . Such individuals may deny that their behavior is prejudicial, and is instead a matter of expressing opinions . Antilocution can lead to widespread discrimination toward the object as the subject(s) do not feel that they are transgressing. Facts are needed to dispel such stereotypes and create a positive disposition toward the object .
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