The preconception is that there is design and that design can be discovered. From Wordnik.com. [Confirmation Bias and ID] Reference
He is simply repeating his "preconception" while refusing to learn. From Wordnik.com. [College professor: "Flunk the IDiots"] Reference
But that could just be a preconception on my part. From Wordnik.com. [The Hard Way]
You come to it with a preconception of who someone is. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Rock, Serena Williams, and The Black List: Vol. 1: Marnie Hanel] Reference
Labels become distorted by emotional ties to preconception. From Wordnik.com. [Obama; Landslide or Not, Time to Question and Critique Or Not] Reference
Spacek: My only preconception was true: that he's brilliant. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: HuffPost Interview: Robert Duvall and Sissy Spacek Get Low] Reference
After all what is a label but a preconception brought to life. From Wordnik.com. [Address To The Kennedy School Of Government] Reference
Of such a tragedy as this they had had no remotest preconception. From Wordnik.com. [Framley Parsonage] Reference
After that, it will frustrate every preconception you bring to it. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Ford’s Mr. Lincoln] Reference
They have this preconception of what a college professor is going to be. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with William J. (Bill) Clinton, June 15, 1974. Interview A-0027. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
We have noted already that we are obliged to work on the basis of preconception. From Wordnik.com. [4.1) Market research] Reference
But I have no preconception of what it might be until the script is in front of me. From Wordnik.com. [Tribeca Q&A: Sir Ben Kingsley: Vanity Fair] Reference
And they cannot be answered by prejudice or preconception or intuitive commonsense. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Dawkins: Executing Saddam Hussein was an Act of Vandalism] Reference
An astonishing experience, another blow to his preconception of a stiff and formal race!. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Spoon] Reference
But it's not a building, as I understand it, that will look like a preconception of a mosque. From Wordnik.com. [Rendering Shows Little Detail Of Mosque's Design] Reference
There's this preconception that only boys need it, and girls do, too, and here's what we need. From Wordnik.com. [President In Meeting With Boston Mayor Youth Council] Reference
Otherwise, preconception and prejudice will blind them from recognizing a teacher's qualities. From Wordnik.com. [Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building a Healthy Relationship ��� 7 Establishing a Relationship with a Spiritual Teacher] Reference
"The appearance and the speech of Barack Obama are evidence that this preconception is false.". From Wordnik.com. [Craig and Marc Kielburger: The World's Got a Crush on Obama] Reference
My problem with this description is the fundamental preconception that artists require employers. From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Handel: Hollywood Under Siege] Reference
Whatever element of science there is in social work has given way to prejudice and preconception. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Spying] Reference
As a drawling Texan, GW perfectly fit the world's preconception of an imperialist American cowboy. From Wordnik.com. [Los Angeles Times Endorses Obama, McCain] Reference
But I always had a preconception about Oregon that I think has been confirmed by all my trips out here. From Wordnik.com. [President And Vp To Portland State University Students] Reference
There is a phenomenon of giving some folks prominence because they nicely fit preconception about them. From Wordnik.com. [Quote Of The Day] Reference
My initial preconception about these MMO fanatics was someone who cannot interact in social situations. From Wordnik.com. [Jenna Busch: World of Warcraft-Not Just For Nerds] Reference
But Eurisko didn't have that kind of preconception, partly because it didn't know enough about the world. ". From Wordnik.com. [Kasama] Reference
It had been there, and he had seen it all and ignored it because it didn't fit his childish preconception of the case. From Wordnik.com. [War Game]
Gospels, and, like other historical records, they must be studied in earnest on scientific lines without preconception. From Wordnik.com. [The Jesus of History] Reference
Consciously, he fought to blank his mind, to suppress every consideration of subsequent action, every hint of preconception. From Wordnik.com. [Orphan Star]
Chengdu, China As true Sichuan food begins to go out to the world, it must overcome a preconception that it's all about heat. From Wordnik.com. [Savoring Sichuan] Reference
Indeed, enlightenment has been described as the direct apprehension of reality without the intervening gauze of preconception. From Wordnik.com. [Stacey Lawson: Tune Into a New Channel] Reference
If not, his 16 month timetable will seem unrealistic and he'll have to admit his preconception was wrong or do another flip-flop. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Camp's New Attack: Obama Is The One Who's The Same As Bush] Reference
Some media have dubbed them 'centrists' or 'center-right,' but in truth they're remarkably free of ideological preconception. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Solomon: Obama's Picks and the Ideology of No Ideology] Reference
Combine comprehensive, across-the-board prenatal care with routine preconception counseling, and the benefits multiply exponentially. From Wordnik.com. [Heidi Murkoff: Begin Health Care Before the Beginning] Reference
Your picture is right there in her office, and do you find that when you meet people it dispels the preconception that they had about you. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: What's Next for Sarah Ferguson? - January 25, 2001] Reference
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