prepossession
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This was a literary hallucination, and a remarkable evidence of a favourite position maintained merely by the force of prepossession.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
He should feel inspired with a strong and awful prepossession in its favor.
From The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 by Various
This gave real pleasure to Ellen, who thought so well of Sir Edward, as to wish he might succeed in rendering the prepossession mutual.
From Mystery and Confidence, Vol. 2 A Tale by Pinchard, Elizabeth
Such a prepossession of mind must be overcome.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
This prepossession dominated all professional naval minds in all countries, until the outbreak of the Great War.
From The Victory At Sea by Hendrick, Burton J.
Vocabulary lists containing prepossession
"Common Sense," Vocabulary from the pamphlet
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