preconceived idea
Example Sentences
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I had a really specific preconceived idea of her when going into this.
From Salon ● May 10, 2023
“I want to be known by that and not by some preconceived idea of what I’m supposed to do.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2023
For too long, the UK has tried to work with a preconceived idea of what a Eurovision song "should" sound like.
From BBC ● May 12, 2022
“We don’t have any preconceived idea about it.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2020
It is the combination of already existing material elements into new forms which become thus the realization of a preconceived idea.
From The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life by Carleton Eldredge Noyes
