Preconception
noun
An idea or opinion formed before one has the actual facts or truth.
His behavior was not as unfriendly as my preconceptions led me to believe.
Often appears as...
- break down preconceptions
- overcome preconceptions
noun
An idea or opinion formed before one has the actual facts or truth.
His behavior was not as unfriendly as my preconceptions led me to believe.
Often appears as...
- break down preconceptions
- overcome preconceptions
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Pro Tip 1/3Bias Awareness
Understand that 'preconception' often has a negative connotation as it implies judgment without evidence.
Realizing his preconception was unfair, he decided to meet her with an open mind.
Pro Tip 2/3Overcoming Barriers
Use 'preconception' when discussing the need to advance understanding and reduce bias.
The workshop aimed to dismantle participants' preconceptions about other cultures.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectations vs. Reality
Emphasize the difference between one's expectations and reality when using 'preconception'.
Her preconceptions about university life quickly evaporated after the first semester.
Pro Tip 1/3Bias Awareness
Understand that 'preconception' often has a negative connotation as it implies judgment without evidence.
Realizing his preconception was unfair, he decided to meet her with an open mind.
Pro Tip 2/3Overcoming Barriers
Use 'preconception' when discussing the need to advance understanding and reduce bias.
The workshop aimed to dismantle participants' preconceptions about other cultures.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectations vs. Reality
Emphasize the difference between one's expectations and reality when using 'preconception'.
Her preconceptions about university life quickly evaporated after the first semester.
Pro Tip 1/3Bias Awareness
Understand that 'preconception' often has a negative connotation as it implies judgment without evidence.
Realizing his preconception was unfair, he decided to meet her with an open mind.
Pro Tip 2/3Overcoming Barriers
Use 'preconception' when discussing the need to advance understanding and reduce bias.
The workshop aimed to dismantle participants' preconceptions about other cultures.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectations vs. Reality
Emphasize the difference between one's expectations and reality when using 'preconception'.
Her preconceptions about university life quickly evaporated after the first semester.
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Video examples
Mind Blown - Hangout to...
representation of the world that by many accounts is not a complete picture of what's out there and I think that's fascinating how much of our brain is a filling in the blanks you know our brain creates reality and we bring to that reality all of our preconceptions expectations stereotypes past experiences in many many instances
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Proof: Lynsey Addario on...
and do it's very easy for people to live in their own world and their shell and sort of be very comfortable and I like to kind of make people feel uncomfortable every so often and realize what they have I hope I might open the world a little bit that maybe if they had an assumption or a preconception
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Jason Silva on Color PIPE...
is fill in the blank it's a theater that we put on for ourselves we can never know the world directly all we can know is a representation of rendering a cosmic dance between our brain and those signals coming in and our brain is throwing in intention expectations preconceptions stereotypes all these
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Jason Silva on...
there's always an element of interpretation and so we're forced to kind of live within a reality tunnel that's tinged by the perspective editing of our senses as well as by our preconceptions and prejudices about the world we don't see reality we see our we
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Deep sea diving ... in a...
of the joy and freedom I felt when using a wheelchair -- a power chair -- to negotiate the world. I was working to transform these internalized responses, to transform the preconceptions that had so shaped my identity when I started using a wheelchair,
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How My Mind Came Back to...
Being given a means of communication changed everything. I used the power of words and will to challenge the preconceptions of those around me and those I had of myself. Communication is what makes us human, enabling us to connect on the deepest level
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Jason Silva on Memory PIPE...
very important for mankind to take note of events that are happening because all historians remember everything differently everything is tinged by preconception expectation stereotypes and prejudices the human memory system is malleable
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Vultures - Photographing...
without a whole set of preconceptions what I had to do is is think of ways of presenting vultures to the world they're the fastest declining birds in history they're the fastest declining family of
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The Hidden Life of...
family of wolves got along as a group and that's what we did so many people have a preconception of what wolves are all about and I think from the title of our book the hidden life of wolves the
Video examples
Deep sea diving ... in a...
and freedom I felt when using a wheelchair a power chair power chair to negotiate the world I was working to transform these internalized responses to transform the preconceptions that had
Video examples
Mind Blown - Hangout to...
representation of the world that by many accounts is not a complete picture of what's out there and I think that's fascinating how much of our brain is a filling in the blanks you know our brain creates reality and we bring to that reality all of our preconceptions expectations stereotypes past experiences in many many instances
Video examples
Proof: Lynsey Addario on...
and do it's very easy for people to live in their own world and their shell and sort of be very comfortable and I like to kind of make people feel uncomfortable every so often and realize what they have I hope I might open the world a little bit that maybe if they had an assumption or a preconception
Video examples
Jason Silva on Color PIPE...
is fill in the blank it's a theater that we put on for ourselves we can never know the world directly all we can know is a representation of rendering a cosmic dance between our brain and those signals coming in and our brain is throwing in intention expectations preconceptions stereotypes all these
Video examples
Jason Silva on...
there's always an element of interpretation and so we're forced to kind of live within a reality tunnel that's tinged by the perspective editing of our senses as well as by our preconceptions and prejudices about the world we don't see reality we see our we
Video examples
Deep sea diving ... in a...
of the joy and freedom I felt when using a wheelchair -- a power chair -- to negotiate the world. I was working to transform these internalized responses, to transform the preconceptions that had so shaped my identity when I started using a wheelchair,
Video examples
How My Mind Came Back to...
Being given a means of communication changed everything. I used the power of words and will to challenge the preconceptions of those around me and those I had of myself. Communication is what makes us human, enabling us to connect on the deepest level
Video examples
Jason Silva on Memory PIPE...
very important for mankind to take note of events that are happening because all historians remember everything differently everything is tinged by preconception expectation stereotypes and prejudices the human memory system is malleable
Video examples
Vultures - Photographing...
without a whole set of preconceptions what I had to do is is think of ways of presenting vultures to the world they're the fastest declining birds in history they're the fastest declining family of
Video examples
The Hidden Life of...
family of wolves got along as a group and that's what we did so many people have a preconception of what wolves are all about and I think from the title of our book the hidden life of wolves the
Video examples
Deep sea diving ... in a...
and freedom I felt when using a wheelchair a power chair power chair to negotiate the world I was working to transform these internalized responses to transform the preconceptions that had
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Quote examples
Hugh Dancy
British Actor
Specifically, we talked about making the character of the prince not so charming, at least in the beginning, and I'm playing around with the preconceptions attached to a character. That's really what intrigued me as well because I thought it would be fun to do it.
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John Williams
American Composer
Any working composer or painter or sculptor will tell you that inspiration comes at the eighth hour of labour rather than as a bolt out of the blue. We have to get our vanities and our preconceptions out of the way and do the work in the time allotted.
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Jiang Wen
Chinese Actor
Changing people's preconceptions is something you have to do in order to search for truth. Of course normally, that's not done because it also challenges social stability, and stories, as a result, are often told much more simply.
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Harry Lloyd
English Actor
The interesting thing is, when you play a real-life character or someone based in a book, you always come up against people's preconceptions of what they have in their heads.
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Jack Ma
Chinese Businessman
I believe the most important thing for the media is to be objective, fair, and balanced. We should not report a story with preconceptions or prejudice.
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Mark Getty
Irish Businessman
Rich, arrogant, lucky, mollycoddled and stupid. That's always people's preconception.
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Owain Yeoman
Welsh Actor
I love a challenge, and I love challenging people's preconceptions.
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Pep Guardiola
Spanish Coach
I don't want preconceptions. I want to learn as much as possible.
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Lindsey Buckingham
American Musician
I'm trying to break down preconceptions about what pop music is.
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Lesley Nicol
British Actress
People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.
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Hugh Dancy
British Actor
Specifically, we talked about making the character of the prince not so charming, at least in the beginning, and I'm playing around with the preconceptions attached to a character. That's really what intrigued me as well because I thought it would be fun to do it.
Quote examples
John Williams
American Composer
Any working composer or painter or sculptor will tell you that inspiration comes at the eighth hour of labour rather than as a bolt out of the blue. We have to get our vanities and our preconceptions out of the way and do the work in the time allotted.
Quote examples
Jiang Wen
Chinese Actor
Changing people's preconceptions is something you have to do in order to search for truth. Of course normally, that's not done because it also challenges social stability, and stories, as a result, are often told much more simply.
Quote examples
Harry Lloyd
English Actor
The interesting thing is, when you play a real-life character or someone based in a book, you always come up against people's preconceptions of what they have in their heads.
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Jack Ma
Chinese Businessman
I believe the most important thing for the media is to be objective, fair, and balanced. We should not report a story with preconceptions or prejudice.
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Mark Getty
Irish Businessman
Rich, arrogant, lucky, mollycoddled and stupid. That's always people's preconception.
Quote examples
Owain Yeoman
Welsh Actor
I love a challenge, and I love challenging people's preconceptions.
Quote examples
Pep Guardiola
Spanish Coach
I don't want preconceptions. I want to learn as much as possible.
Quote examples
Lindsey Buckingham
American Musician
I'm trying to break down preconceptions about what pop music is.
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Lesley Nicol
British Actress
People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.
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