prepossession
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I may be foolish to do so--the prepossession may be false--the motives for such belief may be slight; but yet that belief is strong.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
My own prepossession is still in favor of Alberti.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
It is organically related to the mystical prepossession of the author's manner of thinking.
From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Heller, Otto
The Anthologies of Diabolical Literature may be considered, I trust, without any risk of offence to any theological or philosophical prepossession.
From Devil Stories An Anthology by Various
He ought to have an enthusiastic prepossession in favour of his candidate.
From Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
Vocabulary lists containing prepossession
"Common Sense," Vocabulary from the pamphlet
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Common Sense
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Society and Solitude
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