单词 | preconception |
释义 | preconceptionn. The action or result of preconceiving something; an instance of this, esp. a conception or opinion formed and entertained prior to actual knowledge; a preconceived idea or prejudice (frequently in plural). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > [noun] > instance of prejudgementa1538 prejudice1563 preconceit1593 preconceptiona1631 prepossession1638 presentiment1751 unconscious bias1784 sizeism1971 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 61 God does nothing, man does nothing well, without these Idea's, these retrospects, this recourse to pre-conceptions, pre-deliberations. 1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 522 If men would not bring their own sturdy Preconceptions but listen to the easy and natural aire of the Text. 1711 G. Hickes Two Treat. (ed. 3) I. ii. 146 Men biassed by Preconceptions. 1744 J. Harris Three Treat. Notes iii. 286 A Pre-conception is the natural Apprehension of what is general, or universal. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 373 To hear an evolving roll, or a succession of leaves, talk continually the language of deliberate reason in a form of continued preconception, of a Z already possessed when A was being uttered. 1867 Chronicle 27 July 424 Mr. Longfellow's poetic reputation..establishes a preconception in his favour. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 142 Human perversity has darkened the very heavens by looking at them through the medium of its own preconceptions. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 May 423/1 Confirmed and receptive Hardians..will know how many..approach it with preconceptions of various degrees of falseness. 1986 N. de Lange Judaism 6 The non-Jewish student of Judaism..must be constantly on his guard against his own preconceptions. 2005 Daily Tel. 2 Aug. 19/1 Bizarrely for those of us saddled with outdated preconceptions of folkies with beards.., the Cambridge Folk Festival is becoming rather fashionable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). preconceptionadj. attributive. Occurring or existing before conception; (also) designating or relating to the medical care of prospective parents in the period before conception. ΚΠ 1929 Lancet 3 Aug. 236/2 Full-term pregnancies which followed preconception irradiation. 1950 Social Forces 28 314 A series of observations should be begun in the preconception period in order to obtain one set of observations free from the hypothesized exaggeration. 1981 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 Sept. 685/1 A preconception clinic would give obstetricians a chance to counsel patients with chronic diseases. 2003 New Scientist 1 Nov. 19/4 Pre-conception sperm analysis might be feasible. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1631adj.1929 |
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