preapprehension

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noun

An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge.

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Meanings

nounpreapprehension (plural preapprehensions)

plural preapprehensions

  1. An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge.

    shapes conformable to preapprehensions

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin

From pre- + apprehension.

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preapprehension. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preapprehension

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“preapprehension.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preapprehension. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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