misapprehension

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.

Proto-Germanic *missaz

Proto-Germanic *missa-

Proto-West Germanic *missa-

Old English mis-

Middle English mys-

English mis-

English apprehension

English misapprehension

From mis- + apprehension.

Noun

misapprehension (countable and uncountable, plural misapprehensions)

1. A failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception, or misunderstanding.

   Near-synonyms: misperception, miscomprehension

   • 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
• Hungarian: félreértés (hu)
• Plautdietsch: Misvestentniss n
• Ukrainian: непорозумі́ння (uk) n (neporozumínnja)