MISCONCEPTION Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word misconception. (close relations)
misconceive
Best Alternative Words for MISCONCEPTION
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| delusion | nounn | |||||||
noun • (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary • a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea • the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas | ||||||||
| error | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention • inadvertent incorrectness • a misconception resulting from incorrect information • (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed • departure from what is ethically acceptable • (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer • part of a statement that is not correct | ||||||||
| fallacy | nounn | |||||||
noun • a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning | ||||||||
| misapprehension | nounn | |||||||
noun • an understanding of something that is not correct | ||||||||
| misinterpretation | nounn | |||||||
noun • putting the wrong interpretation on | ||||||||
| mistake | nounn | |||||||
noun • a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention • an understanding of something that is not correct • part of a statement that is not correct verb • identify incorrectly • to make a mistake or be incorrect | ||||||||
| misunderstanding | nounn | |||||||
noun • putting the wrong interpretation on • an understanding of something that is not correct | ||||||||
| misbelief | nounn | |||||||
noun • An erroneous belief • A heresy; an unorthodox belief | ||||||||
| misjudgment | nounn | |||||||
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