Misconception

Definitions

A mistaken belief, a wrong idea.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

18 more languages

العربيةالوهم

Bosanskizabludaзаблуда

Češtinamiskoncepce

Suomiajatusvirheharhaluuloväärinkäsitysvirhekäsitys+ 1 more

Gàidhligdroch-thuigsinnmì-bhreithneachadhmì-thuigsinn

עבריתתפיסה שגוייה

हिन्दीग़लतफ़हमीभरमभ्रमसम्मोह+ 1 more

Hrvatskizabludaзаблуда

Magyartévhit

Bahasa Indonesiasalah kaprah

Italianoconvinzione errataluogo comunemalintesopregiudizio+ 1 more

日本語勘違い

Polskizłudazłudzenie

Русскийзаблуждение

Српскиzabludaзаблуда

Svenskamissuppfattning

Kiswahilidhana potofu

ไทยมายาคติ

Examples

“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.”

“From November 28 to December 8, 1958, the CCP Central Committee held its sixth plenum in Wuhan, Hopei^([sic – meaning Hupei]), and at the end⟳ of the session it issued a revealing resolution that declared there had been some misconception about the system and that party committees throughout the countryside should make⟳ full use⟳ of the five months from December 1958 to April 1959 to tidy up the communes.”

“It is a common misconception that anal intercourse is an exclusively homosexual male practice. […] As elsewhere in Africa, little data exist⟳ on the role of anal sex in HIV acquisition in women in the general population […]”

“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.”

CEFR level