Synonyms for preconceptions
pre·con·cep·tions

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1. List of paraphrases for "preconceptions":

   prejudices

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1. Robert F. Goheen:

   In the realm of ideas it is better to let the mind sally forth, even if some precious preconceptions suffer a mauling.

2. Jessamyn West:

   We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.

3. Marc Ambinder:

   In the United States, the idea of a deep state offends our common notions of representative government and transparency, so it’s easy to use the term as a weapon against enemies and as a catch-all explanation when things don’t go the way they ought to. This is dangerous because we live in our bubbles, and we are less likely to accept the non-conspiratorial answer for something if it doesn’t fit for our preconceptions.

4. Adam Schiff:

   We should approach these questions without preconceptions to encourage a thorough, systematized analysis of the potential national security and flight safety risks posed by unidentified aerial phenomena, whether they are the result of a foreign adversary, atmospheric or other aerial phenomena, space debris, or something else entirely.

5. Thomas Huxley:

   Science ... warns me to be careful how I adopt a view which jumps with my preconceptions, and to require stronger evidence for such belief than for one to which I was previously hostile. My business is to teach my aspirations to conform themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations.