MISCONCEPTION


Meaning of MISCONCEPTION in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a popular misconception (= a wrong idea that many people have )

There is a popular misconception that the town is at the most northerly tip of the country.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

popular

His detailed observations helped to dispel popular misconceptions about the habits and behaviour of the cuckoo.

Leprosy was known to have a long incubation period-a fact considerably at odds with popular misconceptions about instant deformity.

There is a popular misconception that long-stay patients were dumped straight out of mental hospitals on the streets when they were abandoned.

In every chapter, on almost every page, a popular misconception about science is patiently exposed and put right.

Another popular misconception of Darwinian evolution is that its products must be genetically determined because their inheritance depends on genes.

A popular misconception holds that the authority of scripture renders interpretation unnecessary.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

labour under a delusion/misconception/misapprehension etc

Well, dear Rex was either lying or labouring under a misapprehension.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Employers seem to share the general misconception that young people are more efficient than older workers.

No, it's not actually true that rail travel is more expensive - that's a misconception .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Another part of the homecoming misconception I had to raze was thinking of this as a joyful time.

His detailed observations helped to dispel popular misconceptions about the habits and behaviour of the cuckoo.

I can not understand how that misconception arose.

I could read faces too well not to be anxious: mockery, misconception , contempt, greed.

Leprosy was known to have a long incubation period-a fact considerably at odds with popular misconceptions about instant deformity.

The first misconception is that legal study at university is exclusively for students who intend becoming solicitors or advocates.

This is a misconception that forest ecologists have for years been at pains to correct, but to little avail.

What's the biggest misconception people have about you?

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