Associations to the word «Preconception»

Wiktionary

PRECONCEPTION, noun. An opinion formed before obtaining adequate evidence, especially as the result of bias or prejudice.
PRECONCEPTION, noun. A prejudice that prevents rational consideration of an issue.

Dictionary definition

PRECONCEPTION, noun. An opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; "he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions".
PRECONCEPTION, noun. A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca