prepossession
the state of being prepossessed.
a prejudice, especially one in favor of a person or thing.
Origin of prepossession
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Other words from prepossession
- pre·pos·ses·sion·ar·y, adjective
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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 BurneyThe chase, after all, was a fortunate accident, for it created a vast prepossession in favor of our assumed identity.
In Hostile Red | Joseph AltshelerWhat 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 GodwinNotwithstanding 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
/ (ˌpriːpəˈzɛʃən) /
the state or condition of being prepossessed
a prejudice or bias, esp a favourable one
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