prepossession as a noun: - 1
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prepossession
noun
1 prepossession
The condition of being prepossessed.
Roget 777:
possession,
seizin [Law],
seisin [Law];
ownership
etc.
780;
occupancy;
hold,
holding;
tenure,
tenancy,
feodality†,
dependency;
villenage,
villeinage†;
socage†,
chivalry,
knight service.
exclusive possession,
impropriation†,
monopoly,
retention
etc.
781;
prepossession,
preoccupancy†;
nine points of the law;
corner,
usucaption†.
future possession,
heritage,
inheritance,
heirship,
reversion,
fee,
seigniority†;
primogeniture,
ultimogeniture†.
futures contract
[right of future possession; financial instruments],
warrant,
put,
call,
option;
right of first refusal.
bird in hand,
uti possidetis [Lat.],
chose in possession.
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2 prepossession
An opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence.
synonyms: parti pris, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, preconception.
Roget 481:
misjudgment,
obliquity of judgment;
miscalculation,
miscomputation,
misconception
etc.
(error)
495;
hasty conclusion.
[causes of misjudgment. 1]
prejudgment,
prejudication†,
prejudice;
foregone conclusion;
prenotion†,
prevention,
preconception,
predilection,
prepossession,
preapprehension†,
presumption,
assumption,
presentiment;
fixed idea,
preconceived idea;
id_ee fixe;
mentis gratissimus error [Lat.];
fool's paradise.
[causes of misjudgment. 2]
esprit de corps,
party spirit,
partisanship,
clannishness,
prestige.
[causes of misjudgment. 3]
bias,
bigotry,
warp,
twist;
hobby,
fad,
quirk,
crotchet,
partiality,
infatuation,
blind side,
mote in the eye.
[causes of misjudgment. 4]
one-sided views,
one-track mind,
partial views,
narrow views,
confined views,
superficial views,
one-sided ideas,
partial ideas,
narrow ideas,
confined ideas,
superficial ideas,
one-sided conceptions,
partial conceptions,
narrow conceptions,
confined conceptions,
superficial conceptions,
one-sided notions,
partial notions,
narrow notions,
confined notions,
superficial notions;
narrow mind;
bigotry
etc.
(obstinacy)
606;
odium theologicum [Lat.];
pedantry;
hypercriticism.
doctrinaire
etc.
(positive)
474.
[causes of misjudgment. 5]
overestimation
etc.
482;
underestimation
etc.
483.
[causes of misjudgment. 6]
ignorance
etc.
491.
erroneous assumptions,
erroneous data,
mistaken assumptions,
incorrect assumptions
(error)
495.
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