Noun
an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence
Source: WordNetI just think music is so intrinsically linked with images in the culture that we live in that youll be hard-pressed to have an experience with the music without a preconceived notion. Esperanza Spalding
Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion - or you shall learn nothing. Gerald Ford
Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey. Yahoo Serious
A work, however, should be judged by its design and its execution, and not by any preconceived notion of what it ought to be according to the critic, rather than the author. Isaac D'Israeli
I'm not thinking about what needs to be on the radio. I'm not thinking about anything other than - I'm just going to let this music come out of me and not have any sort of preconceived notion of what I should do. I'm just going to do it. Brian McKnight
I just think that people take me a little more seriously as a brunette. I don't know if that's just because of a societal preconceived notion that all blondes are stupid, but it's a different kind of attitude. Kate Bosworth