Examples of preconception in a Sentence
I came to the lecture without any preconceptions.
tried to go into the training sessions without any preconceptions
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When a Republican Congress and Democratic President Bill Clinton enacted welfare reform in 1996, researchers tracked its real-world effects without ideological preconceptions.
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Andrew V. Papachristos, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Pattinson, a putty-limbed stooge one minute and a vicious nihilist the next, has fun challenging Mickey’s preconceptions of himself—or, rather, himselves.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
However subconsciously, internalized and socialized norms and preconceptions shape every assumption, presumption, action and reaction, both in and out of the workplace.
—Christina L. Sgro, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
It’s implied — sometimes more than implied — that Paul wasn’t the nicest guy in the world before his brain injury knocked that guy right out of his head, and losing his sense of self comes with the benefit of losing his preconceptions of other people along with it.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
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Andrew V. Papachristos, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Pattinson, a putty-limbed stooge one minute and a vicious nihilist the next, has fun challenging Mickey’s preconceptions of himself—or, rather, himselves.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
However subconsciously, internalized and socialized norms and preconceptions shape every assumption, presumption, action and reaction, both in and out of the workplace.
—Christina L. Sgro, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
It’s implied — sometimes more than implied — that Paul wasn’t the nicest guy in the world before his brain injury knocked that guy right out of his head, and losing his sense of self comes with the benefit of losing his preconceptions of other people along with it.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Preconception.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preconception. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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preconception
adjective
pre·con·cep·tion
-kən-ˈsep-shən 
: occurring prior to conception
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