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preconceived

[pree-kuhn-seevd]

adjective

  1. (of an idea, opinion, etc.) formed beforehand, as before seeing evidence or as a result of a previously held prejudice.

    By challenging preconceived ideas about how things should be done, an outsider to the business can often identify helpful new strategies.



verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of preconceive.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of preconceived1

First recorded in 1575–85; preconceive ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective; preconceive ( def. ) + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb
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"More than one juror had complained that other jurors had preconceived notions and are using their beliefs of Harvey's life as evidence of guilt," the spokesperson said.

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A lot of times guests came in with some sort of preconceived notion for how it would go and then had their minds changed just over the course of doing the interview.

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But experts who worked with Consult had found it reduced bias overall, the government said, by removing opportunities for individual human analysts to "project their own preconceived ideas".

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The variety of men ensures that each woman has more than one option to connect with, and the guys’ ignorance of the Bravoverse leaves them with no preconceived notions of these Housewives.

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"I came without any sort of preconceived idea and I made a point of not reading up about it, I just wanted to take the atmosphere in, and feel it."

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