Misconception - English meaning

noun

An idiosyncratic belief or impression maintained despite being contradicted by reality or rational argument, typically as a symptom of mental disorder.

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The delusion of being watched

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Something a person believes and wants to be true, when it is actually not true

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[ c ] we have no delusions that these kids are going to play pro basketball, but they are having fun.

noun

A mistake.

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Spelling errors

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A mistake, esp. in a way that can be discovered as wrong, or the making of such mistakes

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[ c ] a spelling/mathematical error, [ u ] investigators said the train crash was caused by human e…

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Something done or written by accident that is not correct, not accurate, or does not give the right result

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Make/introduce an error can i amend my vat return online if i've made an error?, correct/find an er…

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A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments.

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The notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy

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A false belief

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[ + that clause ] it is a common fallacy that only men are good at math., a fallacious argument

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An instance of a wrong or misinterpreted perception of a sensory experience.

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Stripes embellish the surface to create the illusion of various wood-grain textures

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An idea or belief that is not true, or something that is not what it seems to be

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We have no illusions about how difficult the job will be., [ + that clause ] i was under the illusi…

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A mistaken belief about or interpretation of something.

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People tried to exchange the vouchers under the misapprehension that they were book tokens

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A wrong or false belief or opinion.

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The misbelief that alcohol problems require a specialist response

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An act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgement.

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Miscalculations were made in counting properties

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The act of calculating an amount wrongly

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The claim that the group's net asset value was $22 a share was a miscalculation., miscalculation of…

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The action of misconstruing words or actions; misinterpretation.

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I used a phrase which may be open to misconstruction

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A failure to understand the meaning or intention of something that someone says or does, or a wrong idea that is based on this failure

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She said his ideas were open to misconstruction., it is a misconstruction to consider this policy a…

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A failure to correctly represent a meaning or intention

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This is a deliberate misconstruction of his words., it is completely wrong and a misconstruction to…

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The action of interpreting something wrongly.

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This quote is open to misinterpretation

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The act of forming a wrong understanding of something that is said or done, or an example of a wrong understanding

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The statement is unclear and open to misinterpretation (= could easily be misinterpreted)., this is…

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The action of forming a wrong opinion or conclusion about something.

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They apologised for the mistake and the misjudgement of staff

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An unfair or wrong opinion about someone or something

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Their decision to sell the house was a disastrous misjudgment., he is accused of making serious mis…

verb

Read (a piece of text) wrongly.

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Perhaps she'd misread the note and got the time wrong

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The act of making a mistake in the way that you read something, or an example of this

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Faulty wiring can cause electrical problems and computer misreadings., the scientists will now go o…

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An act or judgement that is misguided or wrong.

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Coming here was a mistake

verb

Be wrong about.

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Because i was inexperienced i mistook the nature of our relationship

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An action or decision that is wrong or produces a result that is not correct or not intended

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We all make mistakes., [ + to infinitive ] it was a mistake to come to this restaurant without a re…

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A failure to understand something correctly.

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A misunderstanding of the government's plans

verb

Fail to interpret or understand (something) correctly.

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He had misunderstood the police officer's hand signals

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A failure to understand, or an argument resulting from the failure of two people or two sides to understand each other

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[ c ] the whole thing was just a misunderstanding, he said, as he had no intention of breaking into…

idiom

Assemble without order or sense

phrasal verb

Spoil the order or arrangement of a collection of things.

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The papers got mixed up when they slid off her lap

phrasal verb

Confuse someone or something with another person or thing.

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I'd got her mixed up with her sister