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Princeton's WordNet

  1. preconception, prepossession, parti pris, preconceived opinion, preconceived idea, preconceived notionnoun

    an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence

    "he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions"

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of preconceived idea in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of preconceived idea in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of preconceived idea in a Sentence

  1. Darcell Copes:

    Sometimes you have a preconceived idea of how a person is just because you don't know them, you don't know how they live, you don't know what they believe, i would just like to say that I'll continue to pray for you, and you need to get out and meet people.


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