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Preconceived opinion   /prˌikənsˈivd əpˈɪnjən/   Listen
Preconceived opinion

noun
1.
An opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence.  Synonyms: parti pris, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, preconception, prepossession.






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"Preconceived opinion" Quotes from Famous Books



... to examine into the external grounds, evidences, &c., and to weigh their value; and then to adduce the internal reasons derived from the quality of the work. The critics of Shakspeare follow a course directly the reverse of this; they set out with a preconceived opinion against a piece, and seek, in justification of this opinion, to render the historical ground suspicious, and to set them aside. Now Titus Andronicus is to be found in the first folio edition of Shakspeare's works, which it is known was ...
— Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature • August Wilhelm Schlegel



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