misconception
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mis- + conception.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]misconception (countable and uncountable, plural misconceptions)
- a mistaken belief, a wrong idea
- There are several common misconceptions about the theory of relativity.
- You're obviously under the misconception that I care about your problems.
- He had the misconception that the word "misconception" meant becoming pregnant with a girl.
- 2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:
- We also found that because of the prevalence of cannabis in serious and fatal crashes, the changes in state laws regarding its legal use, and the public’s misconceptions about its impairing effects on driving, educating drivers on the impairing effects of cannabis use and the illegality of driving under its influence is critical to highway safety.
Translations
[edit]a mistaken belief
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