preconception

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An opinion formed before you have enough facts, often based on bias.

   Travel can challenge your preconceptions about other cultures.

2. 2
   noun

   A bias that stops you from judging something fairly.

   He approached the case free of any preconception.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der. Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin conceptiōbor. Old French conceptionbor. Middle English concepcioun English conception…

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