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
A lot of people have preconceptions about what a great gamer looks like.
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 27 May 2025
Israel’s operational successes have shattered those preconceptions—and opened a window of opportunity to finish dismantling Iran’s regional threat network and build a safer and more stable Middle East.
—Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2025
Why some people love being famous and others hate it
Your preconceptions of fame shape your experience.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Twists play with expectation, challenging initial preconceptions, but there’s no grandstanding.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2025
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 27 May 2025
Israel’s operational successes have shattered those preconceptions—and opened a window of opportunity to finish dismantling Iran’s regional threat network and build a safer and more stable Middle East.
—Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2025
Why some people love being famous and others hate it
Your preconceptions of fame shape your experience.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Twists play with expectation, challenging initial preconceptions, but there’s no grandstanding.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for preconception
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preconception
Noun
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By cultivating a multitude of such microbial habitats, the researchers can compare them and develop theories of how ecological communities work.—
Gabriel Popkin,
Quanta Magazine,
16 June 2025
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Lewis links our veneration of individual genius to the popularity of the Great Man theory of history.—
S. C. Cornell,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
Noun
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The capitalist assumption that individuals should earn their livelihood through labor doesn't work anymore when machines outperform humans at both speed and cost.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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However, that was based on the assumption that the district would receive $300 million in additional funding from the state or the city, which hasn’t materialized.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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“Preconception.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preconception. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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