prepossession

prepossession

noun

Definition of PREPOSSESSION

1

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 preconception, prejudgment

Related Words bias, favor, partiality, prejudice; assumption, conjecture, hypothesis, imagining, predetermination, presumption, presupposition, speculation, supposition, theory, thesis; concept, conception, image, notion, picture, thought

Near Antonyms detachment, impartiality, neutrality, objectivity, open-mindedness, unbiasedness

2

something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned <tried to cure him of his prepossession with money>

Synonyms fetish (also fetich), idée fixe, mania, obsession, preoccupation, prepossession

Related Words monomania; complex, hang-up, problem, trip; appetite, cacoëthes, compulsion, craving, desire, drive, enthusiasm, fascination, hankering, hunger, infatuation, itch, longing, lust, passion, pining, thirst, urge, yearning, yen; idiosyncrasy, quirk; bent, disposition, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency

Near Antonyms apathy, disinterestedness, disregard, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern, unconcernedness