prenotion

[ pree-noh-shuhn ]

noun

1. a preconception.

prenotion

/ priːˈnəʊʃən /

noun

1. a rare word for preconception

Word History and Origins

Origin of prenotion¹

1580–90; < Latin praenōtiōn- (stem of praenōtiō ) an innate idea. See pre-, notion

Example Sentences

Durban considered itself badly treated in not having been invited en masse to witness the ceremony; also, in being cheated of introspective discussion of the match, by having no faintest prenotion of it.

From Project Gutenberg

It is known, too, that people often say strange things from confused or indistinct recollections of what has befallen them in a prior state of existence, or from prenotion or intuition of things as yet unknown to others; and although in the sciences we accept nothing as conclusive that is not confirmed by experiment, the vastness or strangeness of the thought, far from attracting ridicule, generally leads to inquiry, experiments, and results.

From Project Gutenberg

The wonderful art and contrivance wherewith it is adjusted to those ends and purposes for which it was apparently designed, the vast extent, number, and variety of objects that are at once with so much ease and quickness and pleasure suggested by it: all these afford subject for much and pleasing speculation, and may, if anything, give us some glimmering analogous prenotion of things which are placed beyond the certain discovery and comprehension of our present state.

From Project Gutenberg

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