misapprehension

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ apprehension

Noun

misapprehension (countable and uncountable, plural misapprehensions)

1. A failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception or misunderstanding.
   • 2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27, number 1, page 57:

     They had thought it obsolete, but, were relieved of this misapprehension by Yule’s friend Major Trotter.

Synonyms

• wrong number

Translations

a failure to understand something

• Bulgarian: недоразумение (bg) n (nedorazumenie)
• German: Irrtum (de) m, Missverständnis (de) n, Fehlauffassung f, Verkennung f
• Plautdietsch: Misvestentniss n
• Ukrainian: непорозумі́ння (uk) n (neporozumínnja)