Associations to the word «Prepossession»

Wiktionary

PREPOSSESSION, noun. Preoccupation; having possession beforehand.
PREPOSSESSION, noun. A preconceived opinion, or previous impression; bias, prejudice.

Dictionary definition

PREPOSSESSION, noun. The condition of being prepossessed; "the king's prepossession in my favor is very valuable".
PREPOSSESSION, noun. An opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; "he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne