prepossession
noun/ˌpɹiːpəˈzɛʃn̩/UK/ˌpɹipəˈzɛʃən/US
Etymology
From pre- + possession.
- derived from possessio
Definitions
A preoccupation
A preoccupation; having possession beforehand.
- It opens his designs to his family, it introduces you among them, it diffuses through the party those pleasantest feelings of our nature, eager curiosity and warm prepossession.
A preconceived opinion, or previous impression
A preconceived opinion, or previous impression; bias, prejudice.
- The spontaneous intellect of man always defines the divine which it feels in ways that harmonise with its temporary intellectual prepossessions.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for prepossession. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA