prepossession

[ pree-puh-zesh-uhn ]
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noun
  1. the state of being prepossessed.

  2. a prejudice, especially one in favor of a person or thing.

Origin of prepossession

1
First recorded in 1640–50; pre- + possession

Other words for prepossession

Other words from prepossession

  • pre·pos·ses·sion·ar·y, adjective

Words Nearby prepossession

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How to use prepossession in a sentence

  • The fairest observers misconstrue all motives to action, where any received prepossession has found an hypothesis.

    Camilla | Fanny Burney
  • The chase, after all, was a fortunate accident, for it created a vast prepossession in favor of our assumed identity.

    In Hostile Red | Joseph Altsheler
  • What prepossession, what blindness must it be to compare the son of Sophronicus to the son of Mary!

  • I believed that it was in vain to hope to recover the favourable prepossession and tranquillity I had lately enjoyed.

    Caleb Williams | William Godwin
  • Notwithstanding this assertion you will, I know, adhere to your first prepossession in favour of prompt confessions.

    A Laodicean | Thomas Hardy

British Dictionary definitions for prepossession

prepossession

/ (ˌpriːpəˈzɛʃən) /


noun
  1. the state or condition of being prepossessed

  2. a prejudice or bias, esp a favourable one

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