How To Use Preconception In A Sentence

It sounds very presumptuous to say I wish to purify Mahler, but I do think, in a sense, that Mahler now has to be purified of all these non-musical preconceptions that have become attached to him.
The more people have preconceptions, the more you can defy them. Times, Sunday Times
This is a particularly fascinating example, and if we think it through we can perceive that the preconception belies the reality.
So, without preconceptions, this is a brisk, well-balanced, fruit forward, but still avowedly savoury wine, that would be a piquant pairing with the crisp, dry snap of well grilled salmon cutlets - a texture lost in pan frying.
Although he lacks the historical context to articulate Kant's Categorical Moral Imperative, he describes a Supreme Being for whom something akin to this axiom is the ultimate measure of a man, a God who believes that one's ethical duty is to acquire and exercise wisdom, to evaluate and constantly re-evaluate one's beliefs -- including what one's ethical duty is -- by applying the utmost objectivity to one's own preconceptions and prejudices. THE HALLS OF PENTHEUS -- PART TWO

One "preconception" I have, based on the the Book of Revelation itself, is that it in the first instance referred to the Roman Empire and the time in which it was written and their immediate future. The Two Witnesses
Prepare to discard preconceptions about Vietnam. Times, Sunday Times
A great part of the student misgivings may stem from a difference between people's preconceptions of what co-op is like and what they actually experience.
The people you would expect to approve are cheering to see their preconceptions confirmed.
Having led the Arches Circus Summer School for the past two years and with international performance experience, Seed is on a mission to subvert the public's preconception of big top buffoonery.
I didn't have any huge preconceptions about what it was like before and what was precious to maintain. Times, Sunday Times
But you should make certain that you don't becloud his judgement with unjustified preconceptions. DOUBTFUL MOTIVES
Once again facts show that a Republican preconception is not bounded in either science, methodology or facts. Think Progress » Protest Turnout: A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Lies
She completely overturned my preconceptions about film stars.
The first question concerns the extent to which preconceptions about evolution should be allowed to influence the creation of classifications.
Musically it is guaranteed to shatter any preconceptions about opera as a genre, certainly any notion of a homogenous genre.
So much of being a performer is about image, press, and how you're received - as well as the preconceptions of others.
Few challenge as many preconceptions of disabled athletes. Times, Sunday Times
The little ones from prep school were there, and because they had no preconceptions and just felt the energy of the sound, they loved it.
I'm aware of people 's preconceptions. The Sun
But that piece of filming became part of family folklore, as my parents were convinced it had been edited to make its subject appear shy and tongue-tied, to fit their own preconceptions about country people.
We had a whole load of preconceptions about her as a soft touch and out of her depth. Times, Sunday Times
Many of those who have not got on board have preconceptions about the experience. Times, Sunday Times
He proceeds to take apart every preconception anyone might have ever had about him.
People have preconceptions about what a relationship is; life is bigger than being in a relationship. Times, Sunday Times
This is the idea that the world is just as we see it; that we are not hampered or constrained by preconceptions, biases and blind spots. Times, Sunday Times
he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions
He lambastes overanxious pop rappers, racial tension, and society's preconceptions in a nasal hopscotch speed rap over frantic instrumentals.
Levi says his work is designed to 'unsettle' viewers by challenging preconceptions of certain materials and objects. Archive 2009-03-08
Either he has found his stride or I have gotten over my preconceptions.
Respectfully and cheerfully, the seeming kid launched into an expert health care policy analysis, eventually wearing down his crochety interrogator's defenses and preconceptions, until at the end, the two men were slapping each other five. Lucia Brawley: Oprah and the Voice of a New Generation
A good many assumptions and preconceptions were challenged and some overturned.
I had no strong preconceptions about the brand or its bunnies. Times, Sunday Times
I think people have negative preconceptions about women's football. Times, Sunday Times
When you let go of yourself, you abandon any preconceptions about the subject matter which might cramp you into photographing in a certain, predetermined way. Christianity Today
The 51 mentions of surprise within accounts reflect events that did not coincide with a person's preconceptions, whereas codings for skepticism often portrayed rationality.
The Fiat Punto ads that first featured the phrase toyed with preconceptions about the different driving habits and interests of males and females, but surely no one outside a media studies course would argue that the marketing line was intended as a postmodern critique of consumer sexism. On the road: Fiat Punto Evo Multiair GP 1.4
This perhaps points to the reality-bending power of prejudgement and preconception. The Dark Knight (2008)
Common preconceptions about life in this district are increasingly being challenged.
We do tend to dismiss offhand such phenomena as human artifacts, and because of good theoretical and inductive preconceptions.
The British education in high-street curry houses will help them find their way around menus, but after that, preconceptions should be discarded.
Other bands don't: they eschew the arty deliberations of the underground in favour of an all-out assault upon preconceptions and asinine posturing.
The preconception is that there is design and that design can be discovered. Confirmation Bias and ID
She seemed intent on showing only freaks, thus reinforcing preconceptions about this misunderstood country. Times, Sunday Times
In this era of funding cutbacks and academic brain drains, one must suspend preconceptions.
Be aware of your biases and preconceptions, and strive to be as objective as possible. Sociology
Shattering progressives' preconception that the evangelical Christian world is monolithic, Christian intellectuals, in this small microcosm, are engaged in a heated colloquy over the relationship of learning to faith.
As many pictures as have been given of my father, how like him soever in different airs and attitudes, — not one, or all of them, can ever help the reader to any kind of preconception of how my father would think, speak, or act, upon any untried occasion or occurrence of life. — The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
In the Buddhist view, egolessness is pre-existing, beyond our preconceptions.
In the early days, some media latched onto the story and it was sensationalised by those who anchored it to their agenda and preconceptions.
But you should make certain that you don't becloud his judgement with unjustified preconceptions. DOUBTFUL MOTIVES
In this way, preconceptions and prejudices are held at bay.
We are breaking free from our completely contrived preconception of how things ought to be.
In other words their argument rests on a certain preconception of God. Critical Thinking Exercise: Bad Design
It is important to challenge society's preconceptions about disabled people.
I advise anyone to resist preconceptions.
It is important to challenge society's preconceptions about disabled people.
Most of our preconceptions about the way people behave when lying are wrong. Times, Sunday Times
As a straight woman with my own prejudices and preconceptions, I fall somewhere in between.
Of course, their definition or, most irritating, the definitition in most portraiture books of what is the browline is so vague and their cyclopic fiddling with the thumb on the brush gives such imprecise measurements that you can fit just about anything to their preconceptions. Pyle on Light and Shadow
_clear_, or as clear a one as will pass muster with the government and with the preconceptions of the people themselves. The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded
Our preconception that British television is the best in the world is simply not true.
It's all about changing existing preconceptions. Times, Sunday Times
The idea was to challenge my preconceptions and I got very angry.
I was looking for an answer not grounded in stereotypical preconceptions. Cleaning Up The Mess
Forget your preconceptions about opera - - it is not all about screaming voices and overblown melodrama.
Such ahistorical preconceptions suggest that the only good work being done is work that is completely new.
He examines the way in which the transferential bond that evolves out of the dependency between confessor and confessant is often used to manipulate the accused into confessing to scenarios that conform to the interrogators' preconceptions.
He is simply repeating his "preconception" while refusing to learn. College professor: "Flunk the IDiots"
Here is a fashion exhibition that is about the history of fashion as a subject worthy of exhibition; about preconceptions around fashion itself. Times, Sunday Times
On the stunning ‘Synth Loop,’ Bök turned human drum machine, delivering rapid-fire techno rhythms to rival any hip-hop beatbox, redefining preconceptions of both electronic music and poetry.
She completely overturned my preconceptions about film stars.
It was just what I needed and took me out of myself, I met people that didn't have any preconceptions of me so I could just be as I felt.
They ‘send’ - via Mercury - those inner daemons that are bent on shaking up and shattering limiting preconceptions of who we are and what our role in life is.
This is a show to test your preconceptions about the classical and the contemporary. Times, Sunday Times
I had no preconceptions about what to expect.
Perhaps my disappointment arose because I went in with a wide-angle lens on my camera and a preconception of vertical walls and clear waters.
It's about a certain preconception of what is possible, looking at objects from a different angle, and a certain conception about the unknown. Ancestral Expression Patterns
But what I did find disheartening is being reminded just how many people don't even try to think about or rethink their preconceptions. Fanboys Are Stupid, But You Are Not - Anil Dash
Once I dumped my preconceptions I was able to appreciate the spare subtlety and deep beefiness of the northern variety.
Instead, the Bush ideologues came to power smug in the security of their own worldview, part of which, frankly, seems to be the belief that it would be soft and unmanly to let facts alter their preconceptions.
I try not to arrive with any preconceptions, so that I can just enjoy the meal.
(Your comment) One "preconception" I have, based on the Book of Revelation itself, is that it in the first instance referred to the Roman Empire and the time in which it was written (and their immediate future). The Two Witnesses
Retaining the ability to discriminate between good acts and bad acts will become ever harder over the next few months, as new conflicts and paradoxes challenge our preconceptions.
He has already managed to get over his initial preconceptions of the country, which were based on a lack of knowledge.
His call-up confirms once again that Fabio Capello is unburdened by snobbery or preconceptions. Kevin Davies gets surprise England call-up for Montenegro game
Full and free discussion even of ideas we hate encourages the testing of our own prejudices and preconceptions.
symbology" which is nothing more than the product of your preconceptions. Planet Atheism
So I faced a blank screen... no preconceptions, restrictions, or restraints.
At once the preconception was shattered, and once the mental image was lost, it could not be easily restored.
The first generation of western historians to address the western environment as an agent in shaping the region reflected the ethnocentric preconceptions of their time.
Renewed work on the first known Devonian tetrapod, Ichthyostega, is showing that it, too, diverged from the norm— contrary to earlier preconceptions .
Again, however, there are subtleties and many preconceptions and prejudices.
The aim is to avoid any preconceptions about disability. Times, Sunday Times
The best thing about the spelling bee was that all my preconceptions - mostly clichés - came true.
In this, Grosvenor confounds every preconception you might have about highly driven Cambridge graduates.
What we discovered has blown apart all pre-conceived preconceptions of the 19th century.
He is very funny company, spotting other people 's preconceptions quickly. Times, Sunday Times
Choreographer, curator and video artist, he likes to combine disciplines to subvert our preconceptions.
Our preconception that British television is the best in the world is simply not true.
The roots of relativism lie not in empirical data but in certain epistemological and metaphysical preconceptions.
Here, a distinction needs to be made between our concepts of what ordinary reality is, our preconceptions and wishful thinking, and its raw, implacable facticity.
What you term culinary trickery ought to cause you to reflect and confront those implicit assumptions that you thought you had and let you experience it afresh, stripped of those preconceptions. The Art and Craft of Modernist Cooking
In this era of funding cutbacks and academic brain drains, one must suspend preconceptions.
You hear all these amazing things and had preconceptions of different people. Times, Sunday Times
In the Buddhist view, egolessness is pre-existing, beyond our preconceptions.
We like this approach because it fits in with our own preconceptions.
The process of gathering and analyzing intelligence was sometimes distorted by preconceptions and politicization.
People have strong preconceptions about what ADHD is so they find it hard to understand my erratic behaviour. The Sun
There are so many preconceptions about people with high IQs. The Sun
But it also fitted all too easily the preconceptions of some of the peace movement that the US was an aggressive and warlike power. NATO's Changing Strategic Agenda
Some people have preconceptions when it comes to these matters.
How wrong have our preconceptions been about Ford? Times, Sunday Times
Let's all expect to have our preconceptions about church growth, health and ministry challenged and stretched. Christianity Today
The idea was that a language should be described without any preconceptions of what it might turn out to be like.
I arrive at his home weighed down with preconceptions, prejudices and gossipy snippets dressed up as fact. Times, Sunday Times
But to spend time in Craig's company is to have any lingering preconceptions about him swiftly dispelled.
A new exhibition might overturn a few of these preconceptions. Times, Sunday Times
Common preconceptions about life in this district are increasingly being challenged.
Early guideline efforts confined their scope to preconception counselling, pregnancy, and birth.
Due to my preconceptions of Beck, I anticipated an offbeat performance full of weird and wild antics.
Instead, people bring their preconceptions. Times, Sunday Times

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