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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mistaken thought, idea, or notion; a misunderstanding.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Erroneous conception; false opinion; misunderstanding.
- noun Synonyms Misunderstanding, misapprehension, mistake.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong understanding.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
mistaken belief , awrong idea
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- noun an incorrect conception
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Examples
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President Swain was so galled that he made an elaborate reply to what he called misconception and misrepresentations.
History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868 Kemp Plummer 1907
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Sultan Azlan Shah has spoken on the need to correct what he described as the misconception that the constitutional monarchy was just a symbol devoid of power.
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The most common misconception is that the second flag raising was staged.
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A common misconception is that nothing grows back once rainforest is cut.
warming-gate 2009
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Another common misconception is that adequate commercial technologies simply do not exist.
David Shepler: What Does It Take to Achieve a Net-Zero-Energy Home? David Shepler 2010
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Another common misconception is that adequate commercial technologies simply do not exist.
David Shepler: What Does It Take to Achieve a Net-Zero-Energy Home? David Shepler 2010
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A common misconception is that nothing grows back once rainforest is cut.
warming-gate 2009
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USCKitty-the great misconception is “what would laborers do without the unions”.
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Another common misconception is that adequate commercial technologies simply do not exist.
David Shepler: What Does It Take to Achieve a Net-Zero-Energy Home? David Shepler 2010
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Another common misconception is that adequate commercial technologies simply do not exist.
David Shepler: What Does It Take to Achieve a Net-Zero-Energy Home? David Shepler 2010
mollusque commented on the word misconception
Surprised this wasn't listed by anyone before. I was using it as a vehicle for
"What a strange misconception has been taught to people....that one cannot be disciplined enough to discover the truth unless one is indifferent to it....there is no point in looking for the truth unless what it is makes a difference."
--in K. C. Cole, "The Scientific Aesthetic", Discover 4(12): 54, 63
November 30, 2007
yarb commented on the word misconception
I disagree with Cole, because what makes no difference to one person might make a difference to another; truth isn't relative, but its application is. Indifference, meanwhile, is a beneficial quality in an arbiter (or "discoverer") of truth.
November 30, 2007