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misconception

/ˌmɪs.kənˈsɛp.ʃən/

misconception noun: a mistaken belief, a wrong idea.

Noun

misconception (countable and uncountable, plural misconceptions)

  1. 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.

misconception meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

misconception in Hindi

a mistaken belief
भ्रम bhram

misconception in Tamil

தப்பெண்ணம், தவறான கருத்து

misconception in Urdu

غلط فہمی

misconception in Bengali

ভুল ধারণা
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misconception in Malayalam
മിഥ്യാബോധം, തെറ്റായ വിചാരം, വിപരീതജ്ഞാനം
misconception in Kannada
ತಪ್ಪು ತಿಳಿವಳಿಕೆ, ತಪ್ಪು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ, ತಪ್ಪು ಗ್ರಹಿಕೆ
misconception in Punjabi
ਭਰਮ bharam
Kashmiri
بٕرَٛم, غلط فیمی ġlt fēmī

Examples of misconception in a sentence

  • He assumed that the girls should clean up his giant mess. We straightened out his misconception.
  • I'd like to set straight some misconceptions about recent events.
  • A common misconception is that neurodivergence is a synonym for autism, ADHD, schizophrenia, or any single experience.

All 24 example sentences with misconception

Forms of misconception

pluralmisconceptions

Plural of misconception: misconceptions

Origin of misconception

From mis- + conception.

Words formed from misconception

Questions about misconception

What does misconception mean?
Misconception means a mistaken belief, a wrong idea.
What is misconception in Hindi?
Misconception in Hindi is भ्रम (bhram). See Misconception meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is misconception?
Misconception is a noun.
How do you pronounce misconception?
Misconception is pronounced /ˌmɪs.kənˈsɛp.ʃən/ (US).
What is the plural of misconception?
The plural of misconception is misconceptions.

Words near misconception in the dictionary

  1. misconceivedness
  2. misconceiver
  3. misconceivers
  4. misconceives
  5. misconceiving
  6. misconception
  7. misconceptions
  8. misconceptualisation
  9. misconceptualisations
  10. misconceptualization
  11. misconceptualizations

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: misconception (page history and authors); misconception (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misconception (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misconception (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misconception (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misconception (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਭਰਮ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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