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单词 prepossessions
释义

prepossession

noun

pre·​pos·​ses·​sion
ˌprē-pə-ˈze-shən,
also
-ˈse- How to pronounce prepossession (audio)
1
archaic : prior possession
2
: an attitude, belief, or impression formed beforehand : prejudice
3
: an exclusive concern with one idea or object : preoccupation

Synonyms

  • preconception
  • prejudgment
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Example Sentences

the foreign tourists' prepossessions about life in the U.S. had been formed by many hours of American TV shows tried to cure him of his prepossession with money

Word History

First Known Use

1638, in the meaning defined at sense 1

prepossessions

noun

plural of prepossession
1
as in theories
an attitude, belief, or impression formed in advance of actual experience of something the foreign tourists' prepossessions about life in the U.S. had been formed by many hours of American TV shows

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • theories
  • assumptions
  • prejudices
  • preconceptions
  • thoughts
  • prejudgments
  • hypotheses
  • biases
  • speculations
  • notions
  • partialities
  • pictures
  • presumptions
  • presuppositions
  • conceptions
  • conjectures
  • concepts
  • images
  • theses
  • suppositions
  • predeterminations
  • favors

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • detachments
  • impartialities
  • objectivities
  • neutralities
2
as in obsessions
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned tried to cure him of his prepossession with money

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • obsessions
  • enthusiasms
  • fascinations
  • problems
  • preoccupations
  • fixations
  • manias
  • fetishes
  • passions
  • fetiches
  • longings
  • thirsts
  • idées fixes
  • desires
  • appetites
  • lusts
  • cravings
  • partialities
  • hungers
  • yearnings
  • urges
  • predilections
  • infatuations
  • predispositions
  • compulsions
  • tendencies
  • proclivities
  • idiosyncrasies
  • trips
  • quirks
  • complexes
  • inclinations
  • propensities
  • itches
  • penchants
  • monomanias
  • leanings
  • yens
  • hang-ups
  • bents
  • drives
  • cacoëtheses
  • dispositions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • indifferences
  • disregards
  • apathies
  • nonchalances
  • insouciances
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