Certain preconceived notions. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Did you go there with kind of preconceived notions of what Yemen might be?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 9, 2010] Reference
So I went to college, with that kind of preconceived notion which didn't materialize. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eva Clayton, July 18, 1989. Interview C-0084. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
It's a handy spelling rule to know and deploy when using words such as "preconceived," for however little that is worth. From Wordnik.com. [Does the new Dakota Fanning movie violate the federal child pornography law?] Reference
Do you think that kind of preconceived notion of how a female rock musician should behave harms the progress of female musicians in general?. From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
"Without a public forum for this investigation ... the public will distrust it as some kind of preconceived plan by the regulator and the company he is supposed to be overseeing.". From Wordnik.com. [Consumer Watchdog Updates] Reference
So loath were geographers to give up preconceived ideas. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
He was open-minded, seeking truth, with no preconceived agenda. From Wordnik.com. [Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Is Buddhism a Religion?] Reference
I try not to have preconceived notions because it skews the film. From Wordnik.com. [Behind The Saddam Posters] Reference
"There were no preconceived notions of who went into it," she says. From Wordnik.com. [For Tech Jobs, Women Can Get With the Program] Reference
The reality was so entirely different from his preconceived notions. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
I didn't really have any preconceived notion as to what it was going to be like. From Wordnik.com. [MC Lyte Breaks Down 'Hip-Hop vs. America II'] Reference
They can cause us to twist facts so they fit better with our preconceived notions. From Wordnik.com. [Dennis Whittle: Does the Truth Set Us Free?] Reference
The ideologues who attacked Sherrod forced facts to fit their preconceived notions. From Wordnik.com. [America, Can We Talk?] Reference
But when I finally did, he immediately dashed any preconceived idea I had about him. From Wordnik.com. ['Love Makes Me Go Haywire'] Reference
Scientists, even if they have preconceived beliefs, still go wherever the data lead. From Wordnik.com. [Victor Stenger: Science Is Not Based on Faith] Reference
We have to let go of clinging to preconceived religious forms and ideas and practices. From Wordnik.com. [Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Is Buddhism a Religion?] Reference
“Don't wanna shatter their preconceived notions of appropriate preschool behavior.”. From Wordnik.com. [Little Max] Reference
We like to show them the Regent way rather than change them from their preconceived notions. From Wordnik.com. [Hotel Boss Taps China's Luxury Market] Reference
I don't want strife and preconceived ill feelings about how I feel towards the #1 person in my life. From Wordnik.com. ['It's Tearing Families Apart'] Reference
It seems that when you're famous, men have a preconceived idea of who you are before they even meet you. From Wordnik.com. [Movies: Threesome] Reference
Just as in the case of atomism, they seemed to prove the validity of the preconceived idea of the current. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
Scientists, even if they have preconceived beliefs, examine all the evidence and go wherever the data lead. From Wordnik.com. [Victor Stenger: Science Is Not Based on Faith] Reference
My goal is to create a rich environment in which emergent behavior can occur without a preconceived outcome. From Wordnik.com. [Leo Villareal: The Essence Of Light: Thirteen Years Of Exploration (PHOTOS)] Reference
The second kind has no preconceived moral to offer, makes no attempt to affect judgment or to pass on a standard. From Wordnik.com. [Stories to Tell to Children] Reference
Although steeped in the teachings of philosophy, he did not attempt to remodel the world on any preconceived plan. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
The diligent critic sets aside preconceived notions and goes in with a blank slate, judging the film on its merits. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: A Real Critic's Choice] Reference
"How can you find out what sort of preconceived ideas a juror might have if you can't even ask the questions?" he says. From Wordnik.com. [These Clients Aren't Fools] Reference
On pieces like that one, Corea's clearly using some preconceived materials, even if he's sorting them out in real time. From Wordnik.com. [Chick Corea: Two Sides Of The Same Coin] Reference
The harder issue to solve is changing the preconceived notions of people who regard fashion in only a utilitarian light. From Wordnik.com. [Heba el Habashy and Charles LaCalle: The Next Big Thing Is Up and Coming: Cultivating Emerging Designers From London to NY] Reference
The problem is that they come with preconceived notions of what they have to do, so they tend to seem fake and scripted. From Wordnik.com. [How Much of the Reality Show is Scripted?] Reference
We can take no smaller meaning from this glorious promise, distort it as men will, to make it fit into some preconceived theory. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
The privilege was a pleasant one, for it served to dispel a preconceived and not an entirely favorable impression of his character. From Wordnik.com. [Appreciations of Richard Harding Davis] Reference
The only responsible course in navigating Whitewater is to look at the facts rather than hammer the evidence into some preconceived mold. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Go Overboard] Reference
He upset all my preconceived notions of the police, at least as regards the detective portion of the force, he was such an all-round man. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
Thus we can take the plain statements of Scripture in their obvious sense, without twisting them into unison with some preconceived theory. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
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