prepossess
81preempt — v occupy, squat on, stake a claim, claim; adopt, assume, appropriate, arrogate, usurp; take over, take possession of, make free with, help oneself to; prepossess, preoccupy …
82prejudice — n 1. bias, warp, twist, slant, bend, turn, blind side; preconception, preconceived notion or idea, jaundice, jaundiced eye; prepossession, predisposition, presupposition, predetermination, prejudgement, forejudgement, premature judgment. 2.… …
83warp — v 1. bend out of shape, bend, twist, turn, wrench; contort, misshape, deform. 2. swerve, curve, veer, deviate, slue. 3. bias, prejudice, jaundice, poison; prepossess, influence, sway, predispose. 4. pervert, distort, misconstruct, misrender,… …
84bias — [n1] belief in one way; partiality bent, bigotry, chauvinism, disposition, favoritism, flash, head set*, illiberality, inclination, intolerance, leaning, mind set*, mind trip*, narrowmindedness, one sidedness, penchant, preconception,… …
85prejudice — [n] belief without basis, information; intolerance ageism, animosity, antipathy, apartheid, aversion, bad opinion, bias, bigotry, chauvinism, contemptuousness, detriment, discrimination, disgust, dislike, displeasure, disrelish, enmity, foregone… …
86act upon — verb have and exert influence or effect The artist s work influenced the young painter She worked on her friends to support the political candidate • Syn: ↑influence, ↑work • Derivationally related forms: ↑influence (for: ↑ …
87preconceived idea — noun an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions • Syn: ↑preconception, ↑prepossession, ↑parti pris, ↑preconceived opinion, ↑preconceived notion • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
88preconceived notion — noun an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence (Freq. 1) he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions • Syn: ↑preconception, ↑prepossession, ↑parti pris, ↑preconceived opinion, ↑preconceived idea …
89preconceived opinion — noun an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions • Syn: ↑preconception, ↑prepossession, ↑parti pris, ↑preconceived idea, ↑preconceived notion • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
90prepossession — noun 1. the condition of being prepossessed the king s prepossession in my favor is very valuable • Hypernyms: ↑condition, ↑status 2. an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions • Syn:… …
