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preconception|priːkənˈsɛpʃən|
[f. pre- A. 2 + conception; cf. F. préconception.]
The action of preconceiving; usually (with a and pl.), a conception or opinion formed and entertained prior to actual knowledge; a prepossession, a prejudice; an anticipation.
1625Donne Serm. lxvi. (1640) 667 God does nothing, Man does nothing well, without these Idea's, these retrospects, this recourse to pre-conceptions, pre-deliberations. 1711Hickes Two Treat. Chr. Priesth. (1847) II. 154 Men biassed by preconceptions. 1744Harris Three Treat. iii. (1765) 286 note, A Pre-conception is the natural Apprehension of what is general or universal. a1834Coleridge in Lit. Rem. (1836) II. 372–3 To hear an evolving roll, or a succession of leaves, talk continually the language of deliberate reason in a form of continued preconception, Y and Z already possessed, when A was being uttered. 1843J. Martineau Chr. Life (1867) 175 Our preconceptions of wrong and of right. 1867Chronicle 27 July 424 Mr. Longfellow's poetic reputation..establishes a preconception in his favour. 1882Farrar Early Chr. I. 142 Human perversity has darkened the very heavens by looking at them through the medium of its own preconceptions. |