preconceptions

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Three things happening like this, overturning all my preconceptions -- would make me insane.

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  1. noun An opinion or conception formed in advance of adequate knowledge or experience, especially a prejudice or bias.

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  • What other preconceptions were going to be smashed? —  Harlequin Presents 2151 - The Blackmailed Bridegroom by Miranda Lee
  • There are people like deanes above who will sully and rape the knowledge science gives us to further their own irrational preconceptions, and if you find yourself doing this, you need to step back and think about it some more. —  Wired Top Stories
  • When all other preconceptions are left pissing in the breeze? only then is true wisdom gleaned! —  FasterLouder.com.au > Your Access All Areas pass to the latest in Australian rock music! News, Reviews, Photos, Forums and more
  • So, in light of current developments and taking stock of all our cultural preconceptions, the conclusion is neither obvious nor buried. —  One Stop Thought Shop
  • Alberto Lattuada irreverently - and uproariously - explores the nurtured regionalisms, preconceptions, and ethnic stereotypes between the more progressive, industrialized north and more conservative, old world traditions of southern Italy - and in particular, Sicily - that continue to pervade and shape the social attitudes between the two divergent cultures of contemporary Italian society in his underseen comic masterpiece, —  GreenCine Daily
 

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