Prepossession in a sentence as a noun

As Paine says in another part of the article: > any prepossession in favor of a rotten constitution of government will disable us from discerning a good one. Implication: Don't get too emotionally attached to a government.

Prepossession definitions

noun

the condition of being prepossessed; "the king's prepossession in my favor is very valuable"

noun

an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; "he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions"

See also: preconception