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predisposition

English

Etymology

pre- +? disposition

Noun

predisposition (countable and uncountable, plural predispositions)

  1. the state of being predisposed or susceptible to something, especially to a disease or other health problem

Translations

See also

  • predisposition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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prepossession

English

Etymology

pre- +? possession.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /p?i?p??z???n/

Noun

prepossession (countable and uncountable, plural prepossessions)

  1. Preoccupation; having possession beforehand.
  2. A preconceived opinion, or previous impression; bias, prejudice.
    • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 386:
      The spontaneous intellect of man always defines the divine which it feels in ways that harmonise with its temporary intellectual prepossessions.

Quotations

  • 1791 : I am fully sensible to the greatness of that freedom, which I take with you on the present occasion; a liberty which seemed to me scarcely allowable, when I reflected on that distinguished and dignified station in which you stand, and the almost general prejudice and prepossession, which is so prevalent in the world against those of my complexion. - Letter from Benjamin Banneker to Thomas Jefferson, August 19, 1791

References

  • prepossession in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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