WordNet
n. an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; "he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions" [syn: preconception, prepossession, parti pris, preconceived opinion, preconceived idea]
Usage examples of "preconceived notion".
Or did you and your team work from a preconceived notion that Kharzh’.
Some emotionslike the Bolo, itselfdefied all attempts to fit them into a preconceived notion of reality.
They'll continue to overlook the import of parapsychology, I'm afraid, until they're able--as Huxley put it--'to sit down before fact as a little child--be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatsoever abysses nature leads.
The pair of them stood there, looking tremendously uncomfortable, each silently reinforcing the other's preconceived notion that this 'do-it-yourself wedding' (as Phil referred to it) was going to be (as Stratton kept predicting) 'an incredible horror show.