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n. (plural of preconception English)
Usage examples of "preconceptions".
M: Experience, then, has been replaced with assumptions as preconceptions, and those, in term, form some basis within you.
M: Nothing can be said that will cause preconceptions and assumptions that form validity in place of experience, to in fact cause validity.
My dialogue with you simply cannot overcome your predispositions and preconceptions that, by observation, hold you.
Nothing can be said that will cause preconceptions and assumptions that form validity in place of experience, to in fact cause validity.
True enough, thought Rome, for in this land all the preconceptions one had about what should, or should not be, must be discarded.
I know that a prophet with a halo on his head, coming walking to us on top of the Sea would suit our preconceptions better than a simple girl, but I cannot help but feel that this will be a final Armageddon for the First World.
Caricatures, luridly tragic or gaily comic, in which the misconceptions of the author blend with the preconceptions of the reader and achieve success, are, of course, common enough.
If I invent new names for God, it may well help you to overcome any preconceptions you have about the old ones, but I will not do this, as new names only create more confusion.
Spock held James Kirk in high regard, and she had based her preconceptions almost entirely on this fact.