preapprehension

noun

preapprehension

noun

Etymology From pre- + apprehension.

1

An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge.

  • shapes conformable to preapprehensions1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

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