preconceived notion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreconceivedandnotion
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preconceived
adjective
uk/ˌpriː.kənˈsiːvd/us/ˌpriː.kənˈsiːvd/
(of an idea or an opinion) formed too early, especially without enough thought ...
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notion
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈnəʊ.ʃən/us/ˈnoʊ.ʃən/
a belief ...
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(Definition ofpreconceivedandnotionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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To single out motivation as the major cause of unwanted pregnancies reflects apreconceivednotion, which runs counter to the goals of preventive medicine.
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In this respect, paradoxical individual differences, where a dysfunctional trait correlates with somepreconceivednotionof the correct answer, are particularly compelling.
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The framing of the field in this way requires the bracketing off of research that does not fit thispreconceivednotionof how sexuality has been studied.
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It has shaken to the roots the wholepreconceivednotionof what a newspaper should provide.
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However, they have nopreconceivednotionas to exactly what that settlement will be.
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I had nopreconceivednotionof what the outcome of the committee's deliberations would be, although, frankly.
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There is certainly nopreconceivednotionthat the provision of finance will, in any particular case, carry with it a share in the equity.
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As one would expect, it examines the issues in clear and even terms and withoutpreconceivednotionor prejudice.
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I do nt begin with apreconceivednotionof what a building should be it is not a sculpture.
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I don't think we have apreconceivednotionof what we want, the riffs and melodies just kind of come.
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Its effort is to try to gather information that is presently unknown to the interrogator, or to seek validation for apreconceivednotionheld.
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An example of "prolepsis" is the word man because every person has apreconceivednotionof what a man is.
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Deep inside, she begins to like him, but she suppresses her feelings due to herpreconceivednotionof not falling in love.
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He battles with preconceived notions he has unknowingly carried.
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The physiognomic portrait, in spite of its presentation as rational, consists in the "scientist's" projection of preconceived notions onto the subject.
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Preconceived notions about what defines incident and how incident illustrates character (or even of what character consists), grown labyrinthine here, seem obsolete.
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Policymakers may choose to emulate only those policies that accord with their preconceived notions of what is right or what works.
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First-year students also come with strong, preconceived notions about programming and computing.
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Boaz asserts that arguments about the way the words should be used often displaces arguments about policy by raising emotional prejudice against apreconceivednotionof what the terms mean.
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I emphasize that this coding was not dictated by my preconceived notions about which verbs were stative; in fact, it sometimes conflicted with my own intuitions.
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