Preconception

Word PRECONCEPTION
Character 13
Hyphenation pre con cep tion
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Preconception"

What do we mean by preconception?

An opinion or conception formed in advance of adequate knowledge or experience, especially a prejudice or bias. noun

A conception or opinion formed in advance of experience or actual knowledge; also, the influence of previous belief or states of mind in modifying the conceptions formed under the partial influence of experience. noun

The act of preconceiving; conception or opinion previously formed. noun

An opinion formed before obtaining adequate evidence, especially as the result of bias or prejudice. noun

A prejudice that prevents rational consideration of an issue. noun

An opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence noun

A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation noun

An opinion formed before obtaining adequate evidence, especially as the result of bias or prejudice.

A prejudice that prevents rational consideration of an issue.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Preconception

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The word "preconception" in example sentences

In other words their argument rests on a certain preconception of God. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's about a certain preconception of what is possible, looking at objects from a different angle, and a certain conception about the unknown. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The preconception is that there is design and that design can be discovered. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Once again facts show that a Republican preconception is not bounded in either science, methodology or facts. ❋ Unknown (2005)

One "preconception" I have, based on the the Book of Revelation itself, is that it in the first instance referred to the Roman Empire and the time in which it was written and their immediate future. ❋ James F. McGrath (2008)

(Your comment) One "preconception" I have, based on the Book of Revelation itself, is that it in the first instance referred to the Roman Empire and the time in which it was written (and their immediate future). ❋ James F. McGrath (2008)

He is simply repeating his "preconception" while refusing to learn. ❋ Unknown (2006)

As many pictures as have been given of my father, how like him soever in different airs and attitudes, — not one, or all of them, can ever help the reader to any kind of preconception of how my father would think, speak, or act, upon any untried occasion or occurrence of life. — ❋ Unknown (2003)

_because_ we will not apply to them _the scientific method_; because the old method of 'preconception' here is still considered the true one. ❋ Delia Bacon (1835)

But Eurisko didn't have that kind of preconception, partly because it didn't know enough about the world. " ❋ Unknown (2009)

The invitation to inquire into what is present requires that we have no preconception of what that is. ❋ Gangaji (2012)

With one swing in the seventh inning, Mr. Teixeira erased the entire preconception of this series. ❋ Brian Costa (2010)

It was an ignorant preconception: Not once have we encountered any anti-American hostility or sense of personal danger. ❋ Stephen Kreider Yoder (2011)

I don't have a preconception of how readers will react to that scene. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Writing born from no preordained mould or schoolish preconception of what a novel or a story is or should be. ❋ Bettina Korek (2010)

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