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单词 preconceived
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preconceivedadj.

Brit. /ˌpriːkənˈsiːvd/, U.S. /ˌprikənˈsivd/
Forms: 1600s– preconceived, 1700s praeconceived; Scottish pre-1700 preconceavit, pre-1700 preconsaivit, pre-1700 preconsavit, 1700s– preconceived.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: preconceive v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < preconceive v. + -ed suffix1. Compare post-classical Latin praeconceptus conceived beforehand (14th cent.), prepared (a1536 in Erasmus). Compare preconceited adj.
Conceived or imagined beforehand; anticipated in thought; (now esp. of an idea or opinion) formed before having the evidence for its truth or usefulness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > [adjective] > preconceived
foreconceived1561
preconceived1580
pre-imagined1598
preconceited1602
fore-conceited1605
prenotional1872
1580 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 291 Upoun preconsavit malice borne aganis hir thir mony yeris begane.
1623 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1942) I. 211 Thes..are now upoun this preconsaivit fear scarrit thairfra..gif your lordships provyde not tymous remeid.
a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Eternal & Immutable Morality (1731) iv. iii. 205 Anticipated and pre-conceived Ideas of Regular Lines and Figures.
a1704 J. Locke Posthumous Wks. (1706) 68 We must..not endeavour to bring things to any præ-conceived Notions of our own.
a1742 T. Story Jrnl. of Life (1747) 216 But that raised, or rather brought forth, the pre-conceived Wrath of some of his Hearers.
1791 Times 17 Sept. 3/2 A natural and sudden gust of passion not originating from any preconceived malice in the mind.
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. iv. 73 Never..did any science..overturn so many preconceived notions.
1861 Amer. Agriculturist July 199/1 The expected result, so contrary to all preconceived ideas of Europeans on the subject, is likely to be precipitated sooner than looked for by the most desponding.
1895 J. M. Falkner Lost Stradivarius iii. 34 He felt that mental dislocation which accompanies the sudden subversion of preconceived theories.
1928 A. Huxley in Life & Lett. 1 Oct. 345 We are to interpret them, Pangloss fashion, in terms of preconceived philosophy.
1958 P. Gibbs Curtains of Yesterday 153 John Latimer had no preconceived ideas on the state of Russia after the Revolution.
1970 D. Tangye Cornish Summer 160 I cannot abide..people who avoid facts which interfere with their preconceived opinions.
2002 D. Leon Wilful Behaviour (2003) xix. 239 He knew, from long experience, the danger of imposing preconceived notions on to an investigation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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