Dictionary

misconception en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌmɪs.kənˈsɛp.ʃən/ (US)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō ▲ Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin conceptiōlbor. Old French conceptionbor. Middle English concepcioun English conception English misconception From mis- + conception.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A mistaken belief, a wrong idea.
   • There are several common misconceptions about the theory of relativity.
   • 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. 1968, Lucian W. Pye, “The Political Process in Action: The Communes”, in The Spirit of Chinese Politics: A Psychocultural Study of the Authority Crisis in Political Development, M.I.T. Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 203:
   • You're obviously under the misconception that I care about your problems.
   • 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 […] 2010, S. S. Abdool Karim, Q. Abdool Karim, HIV/AIDS in South Africa, page 299:
   • 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. 2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:
   • He had the misconception that the word "misconception" meant becoming pregnant with a girl.

Forms

Deriveds

mythconception

Translations (29)

de irrige Vorstellung (a mistaken belief) · ks بٕرَٛم (a mistaken belief) · nn misoppfatning (a mistaken belief) · de Fehlannahme (a mistaken belief) · cmn 錯覺 /错觉 (a mistaken belief) · de Irrglaube (a mistaken belief) · de falsche Auffassung (a mistaken belief) · fr idée erronée (a mistaken belief) · mi pōhēhētanga (a mistaken belief) · ks غلط فیمی (a mistaken belief) · it luogo comune (a mistaken belief) · ru заблужде́ние (a mistaken belief) · de Missverständnis (a mistaken belief) · sv missuppfattning (a mistaken belief) · nb misoppfatning (a mistaken belief) · es falencia (a mistaken belief) · bg заблуждение (a mistaken belief) · sl zmota (a mistaken belief) · es concepción equivocada (a mistaken belief) · hi भ्रम (a mistaken belief) · pdt Misvestentniss (a mistaken belief) · hu tévhit (a mistaken belief) · es creencia errónea (a mistaken belief) · it convinzione errata (a mistaken belief) · it malinteso (a mistaken belief) · fi väärinkäsitys (a mistaken belief) · nn mistyding (a mistaken belief) · sw dhana potofu (a mistaken belief) · it pregiudizio (a mistaken belief)