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preconceived idea

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Noun1.preconceived idea - an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; "he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions"
parti pris, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, preconception, prepossession
opinion, persuasion, sentiment, thought, view - a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"


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But there is no species of self-hypnotism equal to that of a man who gazes persistently at a photograph with the preconceived idea that he is in love with the original of it.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
It's dangerous, very dangerous, Monsieur Fred, to go from a preconceived idea to find the proofs to fit it.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context
One of these women so despised the other, and so longed to express her contempt for her (perhaps she had only come for that very purpose, as Rogojin said next day), that howsoever fantastical was the other woman, howsoever afflicted her spirit and disturbed her understanding, no preconceived idea of hers could possibly stand up against that deadly feminine contempt of her rival.
The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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