Prepossession vs Disposition - What's the difference?
prepossession | disposition | Related terms |
Preoccupation; having possession beforehand.
A preconceived opinion, or previous impression; bias, prejudice.
* 1902 , William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience , Folio Society 2008, p. 386:
The arrangement or placement of certain things.
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, chapter=5, title= Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
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Control over something.
(label) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
(label) Final decision or settlement.
(label) The destination of a patient after medical treatment such as surgery.
(label) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
Prepossession is a related term of disposition.
As nouns the difference between prepossession and disposition
is that prepossession is preoccupation; having possession beforehand while disposition is disposal.prepossession
English
Noun
(en noun)- The spontaneous intellect of man always defines the divine which it feels in ways that harmonise with its temporary intellectual prepossessions .
Quotations
* 1791' : I am fully sensible to the greatness of that freedom, which I take with you on the present occasion; a liberty which seemed to me scarcely allowable, when I reflected on that distinguished and dignified station in which you stand, and the almost general prejudice and ' prepossession , which is so prevalent in the world against those of my complexion. - Letter from , August 19, 1791References
*disposition
English
Noun
(en noun)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
- He was, indeed, a lad of a remarkable disposition ; sober, discreet, and pious beyond his age...