misconception

misconception
Synonyms and related words:
abuse of terms, airy nothing, autism, bubble, catachresis, chimera, clerical error, contorting, corrigendum, daydream, deception, deluded belief, delusion, dereism, distortion, dream, dream vision, dreamland, dreamworld, eisegesis, erratum, error, failure, false belief, fault, faute, garbling, gloss, human error, ignis fatuus, illusion, malentendu, malobservation, misapplication, misapprehension, misbelief, miscalculation, miscarriage, miscitation, misconstruction, miscount, misdeal, misexplanation, misexplication, misexposition, misidentification, misintelligence, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misplay, misprint, misquotation, misreading, misrendering, misreport, miss, misstatement, mistake, mistranslation, misunderstanding, misuse, misuse of words, perversion, pipe dream, self-deceit, self-deception, self-delusion, squeezing, torturing, trick, trip, twisting, typo, typographical error, vapor, wrenching, wrong impression

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  • misconception — index catachresis, confusion (ambiguity), error, fallacy, misapplication, misestimation, misjudgment …   Law dictionary

  • misconception — (n.) 1660s, from MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + CONCEPTION (Cf. conception). Related: Misconceptions …   Etymology dictionary

  • misconception — [n] wrong idea, impression delusion, error, fallacy, fault, misapprehension, misconstruction, misinterpretation, mistake, mistaken belief, misunderstanding; concepts 409,689 Ant. comprehension, perception, understanding …   New thesaurus

  • misconception — ► NOUN ▪ a false or mistaken idea or belief …   English terms dictionary

  • misconception — UK [ˌmɪskənˈsepʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms misconception : singular misconception plural misconceptions a wrong belief or opinion as a result of not understanding something The question is open to misconception. a… …   English dictionary

  • misconception — mis|con|cep|tion [ˌmıskənˈsepʃən] n [U and C] an idea which is wrong or untrue, but which people believe because they do not understand the subject properly = ↑fallacy →↑preconception popular/common misconception ▪ There is a popular… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • misconception — mis|con|cep|tion [ ,mıskən sepʃən ] noun count or uncount a wrong belief or opinion as a result of not understanding something: The question is open to misconception. misconception that: the misconception that men prefer slim women a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • misconception — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ common, popular, widespread ▪ fundamental ▪ big, great, major (esp. AmE) VERB + MISCONCEPTION …   Collocations dictionary

  • misconception — noun (C, U) an idea which is wrong or untrue, but which people believe because they do not understand it properly (+ that): the misconception that unemployment can be cured by government intervention | a popular/common misconception (=a wrong… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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