0 a belief or opinion formed before enough information is available to form it correctly:
This programme challenges stereotypes and preceptions of the African continent.
Astonishing leaps of intuition lead to daring preceptions about the day-to-day lives of ancient citizens.
There is a preception that war crime trials are yesterday's problem.
The change in share price reflects the change in investors' preceptions about the growth of the company in the future.
That seemed to contradict an earlier preception he made in which he recognised that the fight against pollution involves a reduction in profit.
Unfortunately, that is the impression given by some of their arguments, and it is the preception among the public.
There are different preceptions in strategy.