PREJUDGMENTS Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

prejudgments

noun

plural of prejudgment

as in assumptions

an attitude, belief, or impression formed in advance of actual experience of something the general public's prejudgment of the accused before the trial had even started

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Noun

And with it, so too were any assumptions that this season at USC would be much different than the four that came before it.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Analysts on Monday pressed Novo executives on their pricing assumptions, questioning whether the company’s next pipeline of drugs can sustain premium price points once Wegovy and Ozempic lose exclusivity.

— Annika Kim Constantino,Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of assumptions

Noun

And so, at first light, when firefighters had won the day and the smoke cleared to reveal the ostrich flock still standing, the sight didn’t lead to any reconsideration of the night’s theories of clandestine slaughter.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
The grand jury didn't find any evidence suggesting a crime occurred, or that Wells' death was motivated by race, and also took direct aim at the theories circulating on social media about the people on the boats.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of theories

Noun

As always, the science of leadership is a great deal more nuanced than our implicit preconceptions would imply.

— Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Beck never told Nilles what to play or how to play it, which left her with preconceptions ill-suited to Rush.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026

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