prepossession
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Such a prepossession of mind must be overcome.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
It is far more probable that, approaching his subject with a strong prepossession, he was positively blind to anything that told against his own view.
From The Age of Tennyson by Walker, Hugh
This prepossession I afterward found confirmed, not only by her own share in the conversation, but by its effect on myself; I always feel that our intercourse unfolds, not only her powers, but my own.
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by More, Hannah
Men," he says, "are carried by a natural instinct or prepossession to repose faith in their senses.
From Heresy: Its Utility And Morality A Plea And A Justification by Bradlaugh, Charles
It is that these, clamoring for their own prepossession, deny us ours!
From The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 by Various
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"Common Sense," Vocabulary from the pamphlet
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