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Synonyms for misconception
-kənˈsɛp ʃənmis·con·cep·tion

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  1. misconceptionnoun

    an incorrect conception

    Antonyms:
    concept, conception, construct

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How to use misconception in a sentence?

  1. Loren Weisman:

    The Cream Does NOT Always Rise To The Top! There is a serious misconception, misconnection and mistake in this idea of thinking

  2. Neil Tangri:

    There's a misconception that we can recycle our way out of this, my fear is that (G20 leaders) will say that plastic production isn't the problem, it's waste management.

  3. House Speaker John Boehner:

    And there's a lot of good ideas and a lot of bad ideas that float through here. But it's, in my view, a misconception of the so-called special interests.

  4. George Soros:

    Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.

  5. Nihad Awad:

    They are using their free speech to propagate misconception and to divide people along ethnic or religious lines, it is up to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority authorities to deal with these hateful groups.


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