prejudgments

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
  • Amazon isn't the only tech company that appears to make assumptions about AI's effects on code.
    NPR, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Driving Danaher’s topline guidance are the assumptions that biotechnology delivers about 5% revenue growth; life sciences revenue grows at a low-single digit rate; and that diagnostics is largely flat on an annual basis.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Research into ancient and Indigenous traditions about nature can turn up precursors of modern scientific discoveries and theories.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The connection between the two cases lies in his approach and the use of controversial theories involving rituals and hidden motivations, which drew significant criticism of his conduct as a prosecutor.
    Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In other words, anyone open-minded enough to set aside popular preconceptions about the genre really can find their perfect match.
    Karen Ostergren, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Also not fitting the West’s preconceptions was the fact that most Soviet dissidents didn’t reject socialism.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Prejudgments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prejudgments. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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