| 单词 | prepossession |
| 释义 | prepossession (once / 6678 pages) n Prepossession is a prejudice or a preconceived idea about something. You might be accused of prepossession if you decided you were going to dislike your new job before you'd even started working there. When you've got a strong opinion about a subject — or a person — despite having little information or direct experience, that's prepossession. Your prepossession on the subject of cats might make it hard for you to be enthusiastic about your roommate's new kitten, for example. The obsolete verb prepossess originally meant "to get possession of beforehand." By the 1630's, it came to mean "to possess a person beforehand with a feeling or idea," usually in a positive sense. WORD FAMILYprepossession: prepossessions+/dispossess: dispossessed, dispossesses, dispossessing, dispossession/dispossession: dispossessions/possess: dispossess, possessed, possesses, possessing, possession, possessive, possessor, prepossess, repossess/possessed: possessedly, self-possessed/possession: possessions, self-possession/possessive: possessively, possessiveness, possessives/possessor: possessors/prepossess: prepossessed, prepossesses, prepossessing, prepossession/prepossessing: prepossessingly, unprepossessing/repossess: repossessed, repossesses, repossessing, repossession/repossession: repossessions/unprepossessing: unprepossessingly USAGE EXAMPLESShould you, therefore, behold another with the eye of prepossession, at least, regard Eliza as a sister, and give her a portion accordingly. Reeve, Sophia, The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III—A...(2012) “Men,” he says, “are carried by a natural instinct or prepossession to repose faith in their senses. Bradlaugh, Charles, Theological Essays(2012) A learning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent inclination. Webster, Noah, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary—(2n...(2012) 1n an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence Syn|Hyper parti pris, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, preconception opinion, persuasion, sentiment, thought, view a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty 2n the condition of being prepossessed the king's prepossession in my favor is very valuable Hyper condition, status a state at a particular time |
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