Misconception synonyms

mĭs'kən-sĕp'shən

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misinterpretation
An instance of misinterpreting.
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delusion
A false belief or opinion:
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blunder
The definition of a blunder is a foolish mistake.
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mistake (related)
An error or fault resulting from defective judgment, deficient knowledge, or carelessness.
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fault
Fault means a mistake or a weakness.
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misunderstanding (related)
A mistake as to the meaning of something; erroneous interpretation; misconception.
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error
The difference between a computed or estimated result and the actual value, as in mathematics
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fallacy
A statement or an argument based on a false or invalid inference.
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hallucination
The definition of a hallucination is something that someone sees or imagines that is not really there.
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illusion
The definition of an illusion is an idea or something you can see that isn’t real.
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misjudgement
Alternative form of misjudgment.
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comprehension (antonym)
The knowledge that is acquired in this way.
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understanding (antonym)
(Uncountable) Sympathy.
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perception (antonym)
Vision (ability)
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false impression
A failure to understand correctly
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understand (related)
A failure to understand correctly
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conception (antonym)
An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.
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misperception (related)
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myth (related)
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assumption (related)
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Find another word for misconception. In this page you can discover 21 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for misconception, like: misinterpretation, delusion, blunder, mistake, fault, misunderstanding, error, fallacy, hallucination, illusion and misapprehension.
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Misconception Sentence Examples

  • For several centuries it was wholly lost sight of, and it was not till the 13th century that it was rediscovered through the agency of Robert Grosseteste, bishop of Lincoln, who translated it into Latin, under the misconception that it was a genuine work of the twelve sons of Jacob, and that the Christian interpolations were a genuine product of Jewish prophecy.

  • The hypothesis that the Eudemian Ethics, and by consequence the Magna Moralia, are later than Aristotle has arisen from a simple misconception, continued in a Scholium attributed to Aspasius, who lived in the 2nd century A.D.

  • But later Jewish exegesis was especially concerned to eliminate everything in the sacred writings that might give rise to misconception with respect to God on the part of the unlearned.

  • The last chapter, its author says, is taken up with "Mr Papillon's banishment under the Alien Act, from a ministerial misconception of a metaphysical sonnet."

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