| Main Entry: | prepossession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absorption |
Synonyms: |
captivation, concentration, engagement, engrossment, enthrallment, fascination, hang-up, holding, immersion, intentness, involvement, occupation, preoccupation, raptness |
| Main Entry: | prepossession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bias |
Synonyms: |
bent*, bigotry, chauvinism, disposition, favoritism, flash*, head-set, illiberality, inclination, intolerance, leaning, mind trip, mind-set, narrowmindedness, one-sidedness, partiality, partisanship, penchant, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, proclivity, proneness, propensity, spin, standpoint, tendency, tendentiousness, tilt, turn, unfairness, viewpoint |
| 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: | compulsion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drive, obligation |
Synonyms: |
coercion, constraint, demand, drive, driving, duress, duty, engrossment, exigency, force, hang-up, have on the brain, monkey*, necessity, need, obsession, preoccupation, prepossession, pressure, tiger by the tail, urge, urgency |
Antonyms: |
free will, freedom, independence, liberty, license |
| Main Entry: | fetish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obsession |
Synonyms: |
bias, craze*, desire, fixation, golden calf, idée fixe, leaning, luck, mania, partiality, penchant, periapt, predilection, prejudice, preoccupation, prepossession, proclivity, propensity, stimulant, thing* |
| Main Entry: | one-track mind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mind set on one idea |
Synonyms: |
attraction, compulsion, fascination, fixation, fixed idea, hang-up, idée fixe, infatuation, monomania, obsession, passion, preoccupation, prepossession, ruling passion, single-mindedness, tunnel vision |
| 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: | preference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first choice |
Synonyms: |
alternative, choice, cup of tea, desire, druthers, election, favorite, flash*, groove, inclination, option, partiality, pick, predilection, prepossession, propensity, say, say so, selection, top, weakness |
Antonyms: |
dislike, hate, hatred, last choice, rejection |
| 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: | requirement/requisite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessity, want |
Synonyms: |
claim, compulsion, concern, condition, demand, desideratum, element, engrossment, essential, exaction, exigency, extremity, fulfillment, fundamental, imperative, lack, must, need, obligation, obsession, pinch, precondition, preliminary, preoccupation, prepossession, prerequisite, prescription, provision, proviso, qualification, sine qua non, specification, stipulation, terms, urgency, vital part |
Antonyms: |
desire, option, wish |