prenotionaladj.
/priːˈnəʊʃn̩(ə)l/, /priːˈnəʊʃən(ə)l/, U.S. /priˈnoʊʃ(ə)nəl/ rare.
Of or relating to a preconceived notion or idea.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > [adjective] > preconceived
foreconceived1561
preconceived1580
pre-imagined1598
preconceited1602
fore-conceited1605
prenotional1872
1872 A. De Morgan Budget of Paradoxes 383 They might have gone so far..under pre-notional impressions, as the alliterative allopath, who,..opposing the progress of science called vaccination, declared that some of its patients coughed like cows, and bellowed like bulls.
1932 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 17 37 The..plan of having a fairly large group of prenotional sentences learned, before reading is started, resembles the procedure suggested by Professor Sparkman.
2002 S. Lindsay Mount Clutter 5 The rock itself, prehistoric, prenotional Mount Clutter, On which Occam's razor..is repeatedly wrecked and whetted.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1872