prenotion
- noun
- /priˈnoʊʃən/
- His prenotion of the city changed completely after his visit.
Examples
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He had a prenotion that the project would fail.
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Many people's prenotions about the event were proven wrong.
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She entered the meeting with a prenotion about the project's difficulty.
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It is important to challenge any prenotion you have before judging a situation.
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Her prenotion of the concert was that it would be boring, but she ended up enjoying it immensely.
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He had a prenotion that the meeting would go poorly, which affected his performance during the presentation.
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Despite her prenotion of the recipe being complicated, it turned out to be quite simple.
Synonyms
A natural ability to understand or do something
A quick idea you form about someone or something
An idea accepted as true without proof used as a basis for thinking or action
An opinion you form before you have enough facts that makes you judge unfairly
An opinion you form before you have enough facts
A belief people accept as true before they discuss something
An opinion you make before you know the facts
An opinion you form before you know enough facts
A quick sense that something is true without thinking
An opinion you form before you know enough
Knowledge and beliefs a person has before learning something new
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Morphology
Etymology
The word prenotion comes from the prefix pre- meaning 'before' and the familiar word notion meaning 'idea'. So, a prenotion is an idea or impression you have 'before' you actually know or experience something.