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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the condition of being prepossessed;
- Example: "the king's prepossession in my favor is very valuable"

2. an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence;
- Example: "he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions"
[syn: preconception, prepossession, parti pris, preconceived opinion, preconceived idea, preconceived notion]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prepossession \Pre`pos*ses"sion\, n.
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   1. Preoccupation; prior possession. --Hammond.
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   2. Preoccupation of the mind by an opinion, or impression,
      already formed; preconceived opinion; previous impression;
      bias; -- generally, but not always, used in a favorable
      sense; as, the prepossessions of childhood. "The
      prejudices and prepossessions of the country." --Sir W.
      Scott.
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   Syn: Bent; bias; inclination; preoccupancy; prejudgment. See
        Bent.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

prepossession
    n 1: the condition of being prepossessed; "the king's
         prepossession in my favor is very valuable"
    2: an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; "he
       did not even try to confirm his preconceptions" [syn:
       preconception, prepossession, parti pris, preconceived
       opinion, preconceived idea, preconceived notion]