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preconception

[pree-kuhn-sep-shuhn]

noun

  1. a conception or opinion formed beforehand.

  2. bias.



preconception

/ ˌːəˈɛʃə /

noun

  1. an idea or opinion formed beforehand

  2. a bias; prejudice

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • preconceptional adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of preconception1

First recorded in 1615–25; pre- + conception
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The most essential art challenges not just our preconceptions but also our perceptions.

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Historian David Olusoga, as a heavyweight intellect, will likely face the same preconception struggle as Fry, she says.

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"It was a failure because I had not foreseen. That was a mistake on my part. I was led astray by my preconceptions," said Darmanin, now France's justice minister.

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A lot of the pleasure and the point of “Sleep Dealer” was to invert preconceptions about the future.

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Society has preconceptions about how overweight people are expected to behave, and treats them accordingly, says Caleb Luna, an assistant professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara specialising in fat studies.

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