单词 | preconceit |
释义 | preconceitn. Now rare. A preconceived notion or opinion. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > [noun] > instance of prejudgementa1538 prejudice1563 preconceit1593 preconceptiona1631 prepossession1638 presentiment1751 unconscious bias1784 sizeism1971 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie Pref. 15 Which..through their misfashioned preconceipt, appeared vnto them no lesse certaine. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 10 God had an eye on all this beyond all reach of preconceipt of man. 1682 E. Pearse Conformist's 2nd Plea for Nonconformists 79 Clear from all sinister Pre-conceits, Passion, and Disaffection to Practical..Piety. 1739 A. Campbell Necessity of Revelation 260 A thing in reason impossible; which notwithstanding, through their mis-fashioned preconceit, appeared unto them no less certain. 1849 C. Whitehead Solitary iii. xxxviii. 75 A painted preconceit of Nature. 1900 McClure's Mag. 15 232 It is the sincere and unreserved expression of his own impressions, after having studied the man without bias or preconceit [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † preconceitv. Obsolete. transitive (in passive). To conceive beforehand; (also) to have a previous conception or notion of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > occur to [verb (transitive)] > beforehand foreconceive1556 preconceive1559 pre-imagine?1610 prefigure1626 preconceit1698 1698 tr. F. de S. de la Mothe-Fénelon Maxims of Saints xxix. 110 But these two things had only their Origin from Scholastick Philosophy, whereof these Mystical Men were preconceited [Fr. dont ces Mystiques étoient prevenus]. 1725 T. Nevin Tryal Thomas Nevin 211 The way of Treating Mr. Nevin..was not the Result of a fair Impartial Examination of the Cause,..but was Preconceited without Doors. 1798 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. I. 101 Genutius, as if to moderate between the senate and the people, proposed, as had been preconceited, that six governors should be annually chosen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1593v.1698 |
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