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Now, in that preconception lies the capital blunder incident to the question.
THE POSTHUMOUS WORKS OF THOMAS DE QUINCEY, VOL. II (2 VOLS)THOMAS DE QUINCEY
These illusions frequently involve the co-operation of some preconception or expectation.
ILLUSIONSJAMES SULLY
That is, they approach the Bible without any preconception whatsoever.
NEW WITNESSES FOR GOD (VOLUME 2 OF 3)B. H. ROBERTS
The prevailing conception, however, has been adopted without examination; it is a preconception.
ESSAYS IN EXPERIMENTAL LOGICJOHN DEWEY
The experiences gained by the Americans in the Civil War helped to confirm this preconception.
One doesn't like to see a pair of eyes measuring us against a preconception quelconque.
SANDRA BELLONI, COMPLETEGEORGE MEREDITH
What helps in this case to produce the illusion is the preconception that the present man is the witness's old friend.
ILLUSIONSJAMES SULLY
Already some notion of preconception has possessed the observer.
THE BOOK OF THE NATIONAL PARKSROBERT STERLING YARD
As there was no extra charge for this, it certainly surpassed any preconception on my part of steamship amenity.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEY
The overpowering magnitude of the steel works—Howat Penny needed no assurance of its purpose—exceeded every preconception.
THE THREE BLACK PENNYSJOSEPH HERGESHEIMER
WORDS RELATED TO PRECONCEPTION
- bent
- bigotry
- chauvinism
- disposition
- favoritism
- flash
- head-set
- illiberality
- inclination
- intolerance
- leaning
- mind trip
- mind-set
- narrowmindedness
- one-sidedness
- penchant
- preconception
- predilection
- predisposition
- preference
- prejudice
- prepossession
- proclivity
- proneness
- propensity
- spin
- standpoint
- tendency
- tilt
- turn
- unfairness
- viewpoint
- aberration
- ambiguity
- artifice
- bias
- casuistry
- cavil
- deceit
- deception
- deceptiveness
- delusion
- deviation
- elusion
- equivocation
- erratum
- erroneousness
- error
- evasion
- falsehood
- faultiness
- flaw
- heresy
- illogicality
- inconsistency
- inexactness
- invalidity
- misapprehension
- miscalculation
- misconstrual
- misinterpretation
- mistake
- non sequitur
- notion
- paradox
- perversion
- preconception
- prejudice
- quibbling
- quirk
- solecism
- sophism
- sophistry
- speciousness
- subterfuge
- untruth
- aberration
- ambiguity
- artifice
- bias
- casuistry
- cavil
- deceit
- deception
- deceptiveness
- delusion
- deviation
- elusion
- equivocation
- erratum
- erroneousness
- error
- evasion
- falsehood
- faultiness
- flaw
- heresy
- illogicality
- inconsistency
- inexactness
- invalidity
- misapprehension
- miscalculation
- misconstrual
- misinterpretation
- mistake
- non sequitur
- notion
- paradox
- perversion
- preconception
- prejudice
- quibbling
- quirk
- solecism
- sophism
- sophistry
- speciousness
- subterfuge
- untruth
- anticipation
- canniness
- care
- carefulness
- caution
- circumspection
- clairvoyance
- discernment
- discreetness
- discretion
- economy
- far-sightedness
- foreknowledge
- forethought
- insight
- long-sightedness
- perception
- precaution
- precognition
- preconception
- premeditation
- premonition
- prenotion
- prescience
- prospect
- providence
- provision
- prudence
- sagacity
- bent
- bigotry
- chauvinism
- disposition
- favoritism
- flash
- head-set
- illiberality
- inclination
- intolerance
- leaning
- mind trip
- mind-set
- narrowmindedness
- one-sidedness
- penchant
- preconception
- predilection
- predisposition
- preference
- prejudice
- prepossess
- prepossession
- proclivity
- proneness
- propensity
- spin
- standpoint
- tendency
- tilt
- turn
- unfairness
- viewpoint
- warp
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.