🧠 Already influenced 🤔 Deeply preoccupied

prepossessed

8.9

Influenced by other people's opinions before trying or seeing something

adjective
/ˌpriːpəˈzɛst/

: preconcebido

She was prepossessed by the negative reviews and expected to dislike the movie.

Examples

Many voters are prepossessed by media coverage before the debates even begin.
He entered the meeting prepossessed with doubts about the new proposal.
She was prepossessed by the idea of moving to Paris.
He felt prepossessed about the new project before starting it.
She was prepossessed by the negative reviews and expected to dislike the movie.
Many voters are prepossessed by media coverage before the debates even begin.
He entered the meeting prepossessed with doubts about the new proposal.

Synonyms

preconceived

vsprepossessed

23 6.0

An idea that people form before they know the facts, often because of bias

is about having an already influenced attitude rather than a formed idea

Antonyms

open-minded

80 3.7

Ready to listen to new ideas and accept different views

unbiased

43 4.4

Does not show personal feelings or opinions and treats people fairly

How Influenced

prejudiced

24 5.0

biased

91 4.0

prepossessed

8.9

inclined

194 3.8

Surface Forms

prepossessed positive

Morphology

prepossessed = prepossess (semi-transparent) = pre + possess + ed

The form is a regular past-participle/adjectival -ed derived from the verb 'prepossess'.

Etymology

Prepossessed comes from pre- meaning 'before' and possess meaning 'to have' or 'be owned'. So, if someone is prepossessed, an opinion has 'taken hold' of them before they have real experience, which is why they are already influenced.