Synonyms of prepossessions

prepossessions

noun

plural of prepossession

1

as in theories

an attitude, belief, or impression formed in advance of actual experience of something

the foreign tourists' prepossessions about life in the U.S. had been formed by many hours of American TV shows

Synonyms & Similar Words

• theories
• assumptions
• preconceptions
• prejudices
• thoughts
• hypotheses
• prejudgments
• pictures
• biases
• speculations
• notions
• presumptions
• presuppositions
• conceptions
• conjectures
• concepts
• partialities
• images
• theses
• suppositions
• predeterminations
• favors

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• detachments
• impartialities
• objectivities
• neutralities

2

as in obsessions

something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned

tried to cure him of his prepossession with money

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obsessions
• fascinations
• enthusiasms
• problems
• preoccupations
• fetiches
• fixations
• manias
• fetishes
• passions
• thirsts
• idées fixes
• longings
• appetites
• desires
• lusts
• cravings
• hungers
• urges
• yearnings
• compulsions
• infatuations
• predilections
• predispositions
• partialities
• tendencies
• trips
• hang-ups
• idiosyncrasies
• complexes
• proclivities
• quirks
• itches
• propensities
• inclinations
• monomanias
• yens
• penchants
• leanings
• drives
• bents
• cacoëtheses
• dispositions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifferences
• disregards
• apathies
• nonchalances
• insouciances