PRECONCEIVED NOTION Definition & Meaning

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preconceived notion

[ pree-kuhn-seevd noh-shuhn ]

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noun

an idea or judgment about something formed before encountering any evidence or firsthand information:
It’s important to note the obstacles, but we don't want to begin with the preconceived notion that this project is simply undoable.
Even back then, she wasn’t deterred by the naysayers and their preconceived notions about what careers women could or couldn't have.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of preconceived notion¹

First recorded in 1650–60

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Drop any preconceived notions about the city and its people.

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But Parthenope also knows how to gently, and with a teasing smile, push back at anyone’s preconceived notions about who she is, and what she is or isn’t thinking.

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They started broadly and tossed preconceived notions about what the exhibition should look like.

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Astonishing gusts of 70 to 80 mph blew all of those preconceived notions away.

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But Magaro hopes people don’t come in with preconceived notions about what the film is.

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