preconception
Example Sentences
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In Arizona, the overhaul started about a decade ago with the closing of underperforming, 6,000-square-foot locations that fit many people’s preconceptions of thrift as “that dark, dirty store on the corner,” O’Neal said.
The second preconception Mr. Mamdani warns us against is that Yoweri Museveni—Uganda’s president for the past 39 intolerant years, with many more likely if he has his way—has been his country’s savior.
She had overturned similar preconceptions at secondary school.
From BBC
I hope this moment helps convince people who had written off “Andor” because of their preconceptions of the “Star Wars” franchise to finally check it out.
From Los Angeles Times
Plemons, who previously scored an Oscar nomination for The Power of the Dog, says Bugonia appealed because it forced him to confront his own preconceptions about people on the fringes of society.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
