先せん入にゅう主しゅ

noun

preconception; prejudice

A fixed idea or bias formed before knowing the facts; often used in the phrase 先入主にとらわれる (to be bound by preconceptions).

• 先せん入にゅう主しゅにとらわれずに、まずは話はなしを聞きいてみよう。

  Let's listen to the story first without being bound by preconceptions.

• 彼かれの意い見けんは先せん入にゅう主しゅに基もとづいている。

  His opinion is based on prejudice.