preconceived opinion
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Bias: a preconceived opinion about something, such as a subject, an idea, a person, or a group of people.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
Bias: A preconceived opinion about something, such as a subject, an idea, a person, or a group of people.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
Bias is commonly defined as a preconceived opinion, or a prejudice, about something—a subject, an idea, a person, or a group of people, for example.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
I had never met a German in my life so I couldn't have any preconceived opinion of what one looked like, acted like or sounded like.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2017
I have particular pleasure in quoting these words by a man of immense erudition, because he does not belong to orthodox writers, and will not therefore be thought biassed by a preconceived opinion.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various
