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prepossessions

prepossessions is the plural of prepossession.

Meaning of prepossession

Noun

prepossession (countable and uncountable, plural prepossessions)

  1. (uncountable) A preoccupation; having possession beforehand.
    • I am fully sensible to the greatness of that freedom, which I take with you on the present occasion; a liberty which seemed to me scarcely allowable, when I reflected on that distinguished and dignified station in which you stand, and the almost general prejudice and prepossession, which is so...1791 August 19, letter from Benjamin Banneker to Thomas Jefferson
  2. (countable) A preconceived opinion, or previous impression; bias, prejudice.
    • The spontaneous intellect of man always defines the divine which it feels in ways that harmonise with its temporary intellectual prepossessions.1902, William James, “Lecture XVIII: Philosophy”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 455

Questions about prepossessions

What is prepossessions the plural of?
Prepossessions is the plural of prepossession.

Words near prepossessions in the dictionary

  1. prepossesses
  2. prepossessing
  3. prepossessingly
  4. prepossessingness
  5. prepossession
  6. prepossessions
  7. prepossessor
  8. prepossessors
  9. preposted
  10. preposterate
  11. preposterated

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