noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a popular misconception (= a wrong idea that many people have )
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There is a popular misconception that the town is at the most northerly tip of the country.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
popular
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His detailed observations helped to dispel popular misconceptions about the habits and behaviour of the cuckoo.
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Leprosy was known to have a long incubation period-a fact considerably at odds with popular misconceptions about instant deformity.
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There is a popular misconception that long-stay patients were dumped straight out of mental hospitals on the streets when they were abandoned.
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In every chapter, on almost every page, a popular misconception about science is patiently exposed and put right.
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Another popular misconception of Darwinian evolution is that its products must be genetically determined because their inheritance depends on genes.
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A popular misconception holds that the authority of scripture renders interpretation unnecessary.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
labour under a delusion/misconception/misapprehension etc
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Well, dear Rex was either lying or labouring under a misapprehension.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Employers seem to share the general misconception that young people are more efficient than older workers.
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No, it's not actually true that rail travel is more expensive - that's a misconception .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another part of the homecoming misconception I had to raze was thinking of this as a joyful time.
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His detailed observations helped to dispel popular misconceptions about the habits and behaviour of the cuckoo.
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I can not understand how that misconception arose.
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I could read faces too well not to be anxious: mockery, misconception , contempt, greed.
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Leprosy was known to have a long incubation period-a fact considerably at odds with popular misconceptions about instant deformity.
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The first misconception is that legal study at university is exclusively for students who intend becoming solicitors or advocates.
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This is a misconception that forest ecologists have for years been at pains to correct, but to little avail.
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What's the biggest misconception people have about you?