| Main Entry: | preconception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea formed before event occurs or facts are received |
Synonyms: |
assumption, bias, delusion, illusion, inclination, notion, preconceived idea, predisposition, prejudgment, prejudice, prepossession, presumption, presupposition |
Antonyms: |
ignorance |
| Main Entry: | anticipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expectation |
Synonyms: |
apprehension, awaiting, contemplation, expectancy, foresight, foretaste, high hopes, hope, impatience, joy, looking forward, outlook, preconception, premonition, preoccupation, prescience, presentiment, promise, prospect, trust |
Antonyms: |
amazement, astonishment, doubt, fear, sensation, surprise, wonder |
| Main Entry: | anticipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | readiness; forethought |
Synonyms: |
apprehension, awareness, foreboding, forecast, foreseeing, foresight, foretaste, forethought, inkling, intuition, preconception, premonition, prescience, presentiment, prevision, prior knowledge, realization |
Antonyms: |
doubt, unreadiness |
| Main Entry: | bias |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in one way; partiality |
Synonyms: |
bent, bigotry, chauvinism, disposition, favoritism, flash, head-set, illiberality, inclination, intolerance, leaning, mind trip, mind-set, narrowmindedness, one-sidedness, penchant, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, spin, standpoint, tendency, tilt, turn, unfairness, viewpoint |
| Notes: | a person's bias is based on facts, but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examining the facts |
Antonyms: |
fairness, impartiality, justness |
| Main Entry: | fallacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illusion, misconception |
Synonyms: |
aberration, ambiguity, artifice, bias, casuistry, cavil, deceit, deception, deceptiveness, delusion, deviation, elusion, equivocation, erratum, erroneousness, error, evasion, falsehood, faultiness, flaw, heresy, illogicality, inconsistency, inexactness, invalidity, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconstrual, misinterpretation, mistake, non sequitur, notion, paradox, perversion, preconception, prejudice, quibbling, quirk, solecism, sophism, sophistry, speciousness, subterfuge, untruth |
Antonyms: |
certainty, evidence, fact, honesty, reality, right, surety, truth |
| Main Entry: | foresight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental preparedness |
Synonyms: |
anticipation, canniness, care, carefulness, caution, circumspection, clairvoyance, discernment, discreetness, discretion, economy, far-sightedness, foreknowledge, forethought, insight, long-sightedness, perception, precaution, precognition, preconception, premeditation, premonition, prenotion, prescience, prospect, providence, provision, prudence, sagacity |
Antonyms: |
hindsight, ignorance, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | prejudice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief without basis, information; intolerance |
Synonyms: |
ageism, animosity, antipathy, apartheid, aversion, bad opinion, bias, bigotry, chauvinism, contemptuousness, detriment, discrimination, disgust, dislike, displeasure, disrelish, enmity, foregone conclusion, illiberality, injustice, jaundiced eye, mindset, misjudgment, narrow-mindedness, one-sidedness, partiality, pique, preconceived notion, preconception, prejudgment, prepossession, racism, repugnance, revulsion, sexism, slant, spleen, tilt, twist, umbrage, unfairness, warp, xenophobia |
Antonyms: |
fairness, justice, regard, respect, tolerance |
| Main Entry: | preconceived notion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea held before an event |
Synonyms: |
assumption, preconceived idea, preconception, prejudgment, prejudice, presumption, something on the brain |
| Main Entry: | jaundice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bias |
Synonyms: |
bent*, bigotry, chauvinism, disposition, favoritism, flash*, head-set, illiberality, inclination, intolerance, leaning, mind trip, mind-set, narrowmindedness, one-sidedness, penchant, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, prepossess, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, spin, standpoint, tendency, tilt, turn, unfairness, viewpoint, warp |
| Main Entry: | one-sidedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bias |
Synonyms: |
bent*, bigotry, chauvinism, disposition, favoritism, flash*, head-set, illiberality, inclination, intolerance, leaning, mind trip, mind-set, narrowmindedness, partiality, partisanship, penchant, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, spin, standpoint, tendency, tendentiousness, tilt, turn, unfairness, viewpoint |