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preconceived |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Preconceive \Pre`con*ceive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preconceived}; p. pr & vb n. {Preconceiving}.] To conceive, or form an opinion of beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of In a dead plain the way seemeth the longer, because the eye hath preconceived it shorter than the truth. --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: preconceived adj : (of an idea or opinion) formed beforehand; especially without evidence or through prejudice: "certain preconceived notions"
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