adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a case of mistaken identity (= when people think that someone is a different person, especially with the result that they are accused of something that they did not do )
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The defendant claimed he’d been arrested in a case of mistaken identity.
a false/mistaken impression
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He had the mistaken impression that Julia was married.
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Many people got the false impression she didn’t care.
a mistaken/false belief
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the mistaken belief that cannabis is not an addictive drug
a wrong/false/mistaken assumption
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Both theories are based on a single wrong assumption.
case of mistaken identity
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The police arrested someone, but it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity .
mistaken identity
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The police arrested someone, but it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
belief
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This can give rise to the mistaken belief that cocaine is not an addictive drug.
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Cannabis may have few immediate withdrawal effects and this again may give rise to the mistaken belief that it is not addictive.
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Such a deeply mistaken belief can only come from a citizen of a country with a disciplinarian attitude to politics.
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The living turtle is then thrown back into the water, in the mistaken belief that it will re-grow its shell.
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We should not pursue better conditions for prisoners in the mistaken belief that improved conditions will alone produce more orderly prisons.
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The court heard that Newton had snapped in the mistaken belief that his father was about to draw a gun on him.
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Don't buy a hard bed in the mistaken belief that it is good for you.
identity
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Confirm the candidate is the one you are expecting - you do not want any cases of mistaken identity .
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One theory was that the attack on the nanny was a case of mistaken identity .
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Add to that a groom in a broom cupboard with the bridesmaid and a case of mistaken identities .
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He knew it was a case of mistaken identity when they urged him to bare all.
view
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The mistaken view is that theory refers to ideas which have never been tested.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Many people have the mistaken idea that AIDS cannot spread through heterosexual sex.
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Pauline was under the mistaken impression that I didn't like her.
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Schultz was afraid to say anything, fearing she might be mistaken .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A fifth mistaken approach is the facile assertion that opponents are being inconsistent.
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Adding to the energy level is Colin McCormack doubling at deceptive speed as two mistaken characters.
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And by accepting it, the believer tacitly ignores the complex social mechanisms which uphold the mistaken logic.
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Biographical reconstruction based on Thomas's tales and sketches can be a mistaken exercise.
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Further, the first two years are particularly flexible and structured to give reasonable opportunity for correcting mistaken choices.
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I perceived that the orthodox view of Time, as gradually established in the Western world, was a mistaken one.
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Such a deeply mistaken belief can only come from a citizen of a country with a disciplinarian attitude to politics.
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This can give rise to the mistaken belief that cocaine is not an addictive drug.