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prepossession

[ pree-puh-zesh-uhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the state of being prepossessed.
a prejudice, especially one in favor of a person or thing.
Synonyms: interest, bias, liking, predilection

First recorded in 1640–50; pre- + possession

The fairest observers misconstrue all motives to action, where any received prepossession has found an hypothesis.

The chase, after all, was a fortunate accident, for it created a vast prepossession in favor of our assumed identity.

What prepossession, what blindness must it be to compare the son of Sophronicus to the son of Mary!

I believed that it was in vain to hope to recover the favourable prepossession and tranquillity I had lately enjoyed.

Notwithstanding this assertion you will, I know, adhere to your first prepossession in favour of prompt confessions.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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