Usually means: Formed opinions before knowing facts.
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  1. preconceived: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. preconceived: Merriam-Webster
  3. preconceived: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. preconceived: Collins English Dictionary
  5. preconceived: Vocabulary.com
  6. Preconceived, preconceived: Wordnik
  7. preconceived: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. preconceived: Wiktionary
  9. Preconceived, preconceived: Dictionary.com
  10. preconceived: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Preconceived: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. preconceived: Rhymezone
  13. Preconceived: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. preconceived: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. preconceived: FreeDictionary.org
  16. preconceived: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. preconceived: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. preconceived: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (of an opinion or notion) Conceived beforehand: formed ahead of time.

Similar:
prepense, prejudicate, foreconceiving, forethought, forebegotten, foreconsidered, aforethought, preconcerted, predecided, prepensive, more...

Opposite:
unbiased, open-minded, impartial, objective

Types:
stereotype, prejudice, bias, stereotyping, prejudiced, biased, more...

Phrases:
preconceived notion, preconceived idea, preconceived opinion, a preconceived opinion, to break a preconceived notion, more...

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Similar:
prepense, prejudicate, foreconceiving, forethought, forebegotten, foreconsidered, aforethought, preconcerted, predecided, prepensive, more...

Opposite:
unbiased, open-minded, impartial, objective

Types:
stereotype, prejudice, bias, stereotyping, prejudiced, biased, more...

Phrases:
preconceived notion, preconceived idea, preconceived opinion, a preconceived opinion, to break a preconceived notion, more...

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     brown,     black,     white, more...



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