preconception
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6.8
- noun
- /ˌpriːkənˈsɛpʃən/
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preconcepción
- Her preconception that all politicians are dishonest led her to distrust every candidate.
- challenge preconceptions
- preconceptions and prejudices
- own preconceptions
What will happen to their preconceptions, to their notions?
- What will happen to their preconceptions, to their notions?
- You have a news organization that will not challenge the preconceptions of its viewers.
- And I don't have any real preconceptions.
- It showed that an arts practice can remake one's identity and transform preconceptions by revisioning the familiar.
- Because you'd have a preconception of these people and how they were on their season.
- And the serialist didn't want someone of their own preconceptions.
- And that isn't bringing in my own preconceptions.
- And what I'm going to add to this that I think is really central to backers own thoughts and preconceptions and and preoccupations.
- Like I've really enjoyed the time that I spend on the blog because it I'm I have no preconceptions about how I'm supposed to behave.
- Reality corrects my preconceptions, and my eyes and my ears experience what my characters may ultimately feel.
- They encode our values and our preconceptions and that's why we have been playing them as a species since the dawn of humanity.
- It it basically can begin with what people's preconceptions are before they start watching and it continues on after the video is is done.
Examples
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Many people have preconceptions about nursing homes, and the 12 volunteers were no exception, says Clutterbuck.
Academic text (2011) -
In this short story, much is left unsaid, and what is heard is based on preconceptions or assumptions.
Academic text (1997) -
I want you to forget any preconception you have for me.
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"Or are statistics taken seriously only when they back up some preconception that is politically correct?"
Academic text (2011) -
The less I try to make things fit into my preconceptions, the more they make sense.
Blog text (13) -
It's will challenge all your preconceptions about the classical world.
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You have a news organization that will not challenge the preconceptions of its viewers.
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Their experience ought to be approached with as few preconceptions as possible.
Academic text (1994) -
Real listening requires letting go of expectations, preconceptions, and the desire to be the center of attention.
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But most of us don't realize the strength and depth that these preconceptions hold in our mind.
Synonyms
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3.5
A belief people accept as true without proof
288
4.8
A guess or idea made without enough proof
261
5.2
A strong unfair feeling that makes you like or dislike someone and affects decisions
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4.8
An unfair belief about a person or group formed without good reason
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5.8
An idea accepted as true without proof used as a basis for thinking or action
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7.3
An idea that people accept as true without proof
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5.6
An opinion you form before you have enough facts
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7.7
A belief people accept as true before they discuss something
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4.3
An opinion you make before you know the facts
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7.9
An idea based on little evidence
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7.1
An opinion made before you know all the facts
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5.3
An opinion you form before you know enough facts
An idea you have before you know or see something
An opinion you form before you know enough
A strong opinion made before knowing all the facts
Knowledge and beliefs a person has before learning something new
Antonyms
How Biased
Surface Forms
Morphology
preconception = conception (semi-transparent) = pre + conception
The prefix clearly adds the meaning of 'before', but the common implication of bias is not fully predictable from 'conception' alone.
Etymology
The word preconception breaks into pre- meaning 'before' and conception, like the familiar word concept, meaning 'to form an idea'. So a preconception is an idea you make 'before' you have the facts, and that 'before' idea can make you biased.