preconception
noun/ˌpriːkənˈsepʃn/
/ˌpriːkənˈsepʃn/
[countable, usually plural, uncountable]- an idea or opinion that is formed before you have enough information or experience synonym assumption
- a book that will challenge your preconceptions about rural life
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2- It is important to challenge society's preconceptions about disabled people.
- It's important that you come to this task with no preconceptions.
- Most people have preconceptions about old age.
- The facts refused to fit my preconceptions.
- They like this approach because it fits in with their own preconceptions.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + preconception- have
- fit
- fit in with
- …
- with preconceptions
- without preconceptions
- preconception about
- …
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