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preopinion

preopinion noun: opinion previously formed; prejudice.

Noun

preopinion (uncountable)

  1. Opinion previously formed; prejudice.
    • an indistinct voracity eating almost any [foods]; others out of a timorous pre-opinion refraining very many1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin of preopinion

From pre- + opinion.

Questions about preopinion

What does preopinion mean?
Preopinion means opinion previously formed; prejudice.
What part of speech is preopinion?
Preopinion is a noun.

Words near preopinion in the dictionary

  1. preopercules
  2. preoperculomandibular
  3. preoperculum
  4. preoperculums
  5. preophthalmic
  6. preopinion
  7. preops
  8. preopsonization
  9. preopsonize
  10. preopsonized
  11. preoptic

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