as in assumptions
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 preconceptions
But at least some of that conflict comes from false assumptions, and some of it comes from turning their preconceptions into self-fulfilling prophecies.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preconceptions
Noun
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Other works create entirely new worlds with different assumptions and frameworks underpinning their social and other dynamics.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Sep. 2025
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For centuries, businesses, governments and societies have relied on deterministic assumptions.—
Richie Etwaru,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Mid-century collective behavior theories considered social movements to be nonrational, spontaneous events occurring during moments of social and cultural breakdown.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Sep. 2025
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Testing particle physics theories, the $8 billion LHC was composed of superconducting magnets that allowed scientists to study subatomic particles including protons, electrons, quarks and photons.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Preconceptions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preconceptions. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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