Preconception

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An opinion or conception formed in advance of adequate knowledge or experience, especially a prejudice or bias.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An opinion formed before obtaining adequate evidence, especially as the result of bias or prejudice.
  • n. A prejudice that prevents rational consideration of an issue.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of preconceiving; conception or opinion previously formed.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A conception or opinion formed in advance of experience or actual knowledge; also, the influence of previous belief or states of mind in modifying the conceptions formed under the partial influence of experience.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence
  • n. a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sentiment    persuasion    thought    opinion    view   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    opinion    anticipation   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    conception    contraception    deception    exception    inception    interception    misconception    misperception    perception    reception   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    presupposition    illiberality    morphologist    narrow-mindedness    percept    suggestibility    misjudgments    travestie    prepossession    disorderliness   
     
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