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misconception

noun

1 misconception

An incorrect conception.

Roget 481: misjudgment, obliquity of judgment; miscalculation, miscomputation, misconception etc. (error) 495; hasty conclusion.    [causes of misjudgment. 1] prejudgment, prejudication, prejudice; foregone conclusion; ... show more

Roget 495: error, fallacy; misconception, misapprehension, misstanding, misunderstanding; inexactness etc. adj.; laxity; misconstruction etc. (misinterpretation) 523; ... show more

Dutch: dwaling, misvatting


Moby thesaurus: abuse of terms, airy nothing, autism, bubble, catachresis, chimera, clerical error, contorting, corrigendum, daydream, deception, deluded belief, delusion, dereism, distortion, dream, dream vision, dreamland, dreamworld, eisegesis ... show more.

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