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    3. 既成概念

    既成概念

    既き成せい概がい念ねん

    stereotype

    KMT10News #37+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab38 strokes

    きせいがいねん

    Noun

    1.
    stereotype, preconceived idea, preconceived notion
    yojijukugo

    Stroke 0 / 38

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    既き成せい概がい念ねんにとらわれてはいけない。

    You shouldn't be bound by preconceived notions.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれは既き成せい概がい念ねんを打うち破やぶる新あたらしいアイデアを提てい案あんした。

    He proposed a new idea that breaks through preconceived notions.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    科か学がくの進しん歩ぽは、しばしば既き成せい概がい念ねんを覆くつがえすことから生うまれる。

    Scientific progress often arises from overturning preconceived notions.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyScience & Math
    異い文ぶ化んか理か解いには、自じ国こくの既き成せい概がい念ねんを疑うたがう姿し勢せいが重じゅう要ようだ。

    For cross-cultural understanding, it's important to question one's own preconceived notions.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyCulture & Traditions
    教きょう育いくの場ばでは、子こ供どもたちが既き成せい概がい念ねんにとらわれずに自じ由ゆうに発はっ想そうできる環かん境きょうが求もとめられる。

    In education, an environment is sought where children can freely generate ideas without being constrained by preconceived notions.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    既
    すで.に…(1)
    previously・already・long ago
    成
    な.る・な.す・-な.す…(15)
    turn into・become・get・grow・elapse…(1)
    概
    おおむ.ね…(1)
    outline・condition・approximation・generally
    念
    wish・sense・idea・thought・feeling…(2)
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