preconception

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence

   They did not even try to confirm their preconceptions.

2. 2
   noun

   An opinion formed before obtaining adequate evidence, especially as the result of bias or prejudice.

   With many of the more general preconceptions of socialist thought the connection of their more practical proposals is by no means at once obvious, and in consequence many men who believe themselves to be determined opponents of that system of thought become in fact effective spreaders of its ideas.

3. 3
   noun

   a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

4. 4
   noun

   A prejudice that prevents rational consideration of an issue.

5. 5
   adj

   Preconceptional.

Etymology

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…