preconceives
Decides without evidence
Preconceives is the third-person singular of preconceive—to form an opinion or idea about something before having full knowledge or experience of it.
The word almost always appears in its participial forms: preconceived notions, preconceived ideas.
When someone preconceives, they've already decided what they think before the evidence arrives.
Accept without verification
- assumeAccept as true
- supposeAccept as true tentatively
- hypothesizePropose a tentative explanation
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
surmise · postulate · infer · deduce · speculate · theorize · guess · premise
Expect beforehand
- expectConsider likely to occur
- foreseePredict future events
- predictDeclare future outcomes
- presupposeAssume beforehand as true
predetermine · foreordain · prejudge · foregone conclusion · predisposition · mindset · self-fulfilling prophecy · confirmation bias
Assess before having facts
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- prejudgmentOpinion formed beforehand
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
discrimination · intolerance · narrow-mindedness · favoritism · predisposition · presupposition · closed-mindedness · sectarianism
Classify too rigidly
- typecastRepeatedly assigned similar roles
- generalizeMake broadly applicable
- oversimplifyRemove essential complexity
- labelIdentifying attachment or marker
categorize · profile · stigmatize · caricature · essentialize · homogenize · reduce · box in
presume
Accept without verification
- assumeAccept as true
- supposeAccept as true tentatively
- hypothesizePropose a tentative explanation
conjecture · surmise · postulate · infer · deduce · speculate · theorize · guess · premise · presupposition
anticipate
Expect beforehand
presuppose · predetermine · foreordain · prejudge · foregone conclusion · predisposition · mindset · self-fulfilling prophecy · confirmation bias
prejudge
Assess before having facts
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- prejudgmentOpinion formed beforehand
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
bigotry · discrimination · intolerance · narrow-mindedness · favoritism · predisposition · presupposition · closed-mindedness · sectarianism · chauvinism
pigeonhole
Classify too rigidly
- typecastRepeatedly assigned similar roles
- generalizeMake broadly applicable
- oversimplifyRemove essential complexity
label · categorize · profile · stigmatize · caricature · essentialize · homogenize · reduce · box in · prejudge
preconceivesdiscovers
Finds something previously unknown
learns · investigates · examines · evaluates · ascertains