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- noun Plural form of
preconception .
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Examples
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But what you call preconceptions about assignments may also be decisions to define the scope of the story in advance.
Jay Rosen: "Something Quite Breathtaking." My Exchange with Neil Lewis of the New York Times 2008
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"But what you call preconceptions about assignments may also be decisions to define the scope of the story in advance."
Jay Rosen: "Something Quite Breathtaking." My Exchange with Neil Lewis of the New York Times 2008
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Adam was a little shyer than I expected, just as fit, and significantly less douchey (sorry, I have built-in preconceptions about finance guys, I know it's bad ...).
Julia Neyman: Lifting the Inter-veil: How I Met My "Online" Fitness Coach, Face to Face Julia Neyman 2010
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Adam was a little shyer than I expected, just as fit, and significantly less douchey (sorry, I have built-in preconceptions about finance guys, I know it's bad ...).
Julia Neyman: Lifting the Inter-veil: How I Met My "Online" Fitness Coach, Face to Face Julia Neyman 2010
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Adam was a little shyer than I expected, just as fit, and significantly less douchey (sorry, I have built-in preconceptions about finance guys, I know it's bad ...).
Julia Neyman: Lifting the Inter-veil: How I Met My "Online" Fitness Coach, Face to Face Julia Neyman 2010
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Adam was a little shyer than I expected, just as fit, and significantly less douchey (sorry, I have built-in preconceptions about finance guys, I know it's bad ...).
Julia Neyman: Lifting the Inter-veil: How I Met My "Online" Fitness Coach, Face to Face Julia Neyman 2010
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Adam was a little shyer than I expected, just as fit, and significantly less douchey (sorry, I have built-in preconceptions about finance guys, I know it's bad ...).
Julia Neyman: Lifting the Inter-veil: How I Met My "Online" Fitness Coach, Face to Face Julia Neyman 2010
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But neither this declaration nor other Council texts nor the New Testament may be interpreted selectively on the basis of certain preconceptions which qualify the universal mediation of salvation of Jesus Christ and the consequent necessity for salvation of the confession of Christ, of the Church and of her sacraments.
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The idea that a child might from reading YA develop dangerous ideas and dangerous preconceptions is plain stupid.
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Their attachment to their preconceptions is completely pathological.
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