preconceived opinion
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Bias is commonly defined as a preconceived opinion about something—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
Bias: a preconceived opinion about something, such as a subject, an idea, a person, or a group of people.
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
The magnificence of my feast, and my behavior at it, held at first the credulous inhabitants of the city firmly to their preconceived opinion.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various