misconception
11misconception — 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… …
12misconception — n. a popular misconception * * * [ˌmɪskən sepʃ(ə)n] a popular misconception …
13misconception — [[t]mɪ̱skənse̱pʃ(ə)n[/t]] misconceptions N COUNT A misconception is an idea that is not correct. It is a misconception that Peggy was fabulously wealthy... There are many fears and misconceptions about cancer. Syn: fallacy …
14misconception n — Many women belive that an alcoholic binge will have no ill effects on the unborn fetus, but that is a large misconception …
15misconception — noun a popular misconception about science Syn: misapprehension, misunderstanding, mistake, error, misinterpretation, misconstruction, misreading, misjudgment, misbelief, miscalculation, false impression, illusion, fallacy, delusion …
16Misconception (Law & Order) — Misconception is the fifth episode in the second series of the long running crime drama television series Law Order. It was aired on October 15, 1991. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 2.1 Law 2.2 Order …
17misconception — /mis keuhn sep sheuhn/, n. an erroneous conception; mistaken notion. [1655 65; MIS 1 + CONCEPTION] * * * …
18misconception — noun /ˌmɪskənˈsɛpʃən/ a mistaken belief, a wrong idea There are several common misconceptions about the theory of relativity …
19misconception — 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,… …
20misconception — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. delusion, mistake, misunderstanding. See error, misjudgment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. misinterpretation, delusion, blunder, fault; see error 1 , mistake 2 , misunderstanding 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
