prepossession

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And so, when facts come to light which do not chime in with his prepossession, he does his best either to discredit them or to set them down as immoral, heretical or contrary to policy.

From The Invisible Censor by Hackett, Francis

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

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

But this prominence is also a natural result of the romanticists' prepossession with passion.

From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.

A prepossession of this kind was an unhappy one, and easily affiliated itself with the spirit of the house, which was markedly a quarrelsome spirit.

From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston