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preconceived notion
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preconceived notion
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea held before an event |
| Synonyms: | assumption, preconceived idea, preconception, prejudgment, prejudice, presumption, something on the brain |
| Main Entry: | prejudice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief without basis, information; intolerance |
| Synonyms: | ageism, animosity, antipathy, apartheid, aversion, bad opinion, bias, bigotry, chauvinism, contemptuousness, detriment, discrimination, disgust, dislike, displeasure, disrelish, enmity, foregone conclusion, illiberality, injustice, jaundiced eye, mindset, misjudgment, narrow-mindedness, one-sidedness, partiality, pique, preconceived notion, preconception, prejudgment, prepossession, racism, repugnance, revulsion, sexism, slant, spleen, tilt, twist, umbrage, unfairness, warp, xenophobia |
| Notes: | a person's bias is based on facts, but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examining the facts |
| Antonyms: | fairness, justice, regard, respect, tolerance |
| Main Entry: | foregone conclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sure success |
| Synonyms: | cinch, matter of course, par for the course, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, sure thing, sure-fire proposition |
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