PRECONCEIVED NOTION Synonyms

• a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

• celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church

• a hypothesis that is taken for granted

• (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended

• the act of taking possession of or power over something

• audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

• the act of assuming or taking for granted

• any cognitive content held as true

• a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

• a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

• a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric

• slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric

• influence in an unfair way

• cause to be biased

• a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

• disadvantage by prejudice

• influence (somebody's) opinion in advance

• the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument)

• a conventional or formulaic conception or image

• treat or classify according to a mental stereotype

• the condition of being prepossessed

• an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence

• an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence

• an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence

• an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence