as in theory
an attitude, belief, or impression formed in advance of actual experience of something
tried to go into the training sessions without any preconceptions
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Recent Examples of preconception
For many, Game Freak is synonymous with Pokémon, but their upcoming game Beast of Reincarnation looks to shatter that preconception.
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Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
But Lane prods viewers to challenge their own expectations and preconceptions.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 7 June 2025
Our research shows science teachers have a variety of preconceptions about AI.
—Christine Wusylko, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2025
Inside your company, what boundaries need to be pushed, what preconceptions need to be challenged, what policies need to be revised?
—Chris Westfall, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
But Lane prods viewers to challenge their own expectations and preconceptions.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 7 June 2025
Our research shows science teachers have a variety of preconceptions about AI.
—Christine Wusylko, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2025
Inside your company, what boundaries need to be pushed, what preconceptions need to be challenged, what policies need to be revised?
—Chris Westfall, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preconception
Noun
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The season drew heavy criticism for its glacial pace and incoherent plotting, generating more Reddit theories than actual scares and leaving viewers more haunted by what could have been.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Combining investigative journalism, DNA analysis and cinematic dramatization, the docuseries examines four competing theories about Columbus’ origins and the mystery around the titles bestowed on him by the Catholic Monarchs.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Her existence in the vibrant capital city of Sepphoris brings into questions some of our traditional assumptions of Mary as an impoverished illiterate from a backwater rural village with no exposure to Greco-Roman culture.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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To interrogate our own assumptions, to stay open when experience, dialogue, or suffering presses against us — that is philosophy at its deepest.—
Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Preconception.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preconception. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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