preconception
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin conceptiōlbor. Old French conceptionbor. Middle English concepcioun English conception English preconception From pre- + conception.
- derived from conceptionbor
Definitions
An opinion formed before obtaining adequate evidence, especially as the result of bias or…
An opinion formed before obtaining adequate evidence, especially as the result of bias or prejudice.
- He told RAIL: "We had no preconceptions, but you would assume a newer train to have better air quality than an older one. We found that was not necessarily the case.
A prejudice that prevents rational consideration of an issue.
Preconceptional.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at preconception. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at preconception. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at preconception
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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