Misapprehension

Synonyms for "misapprehension" (65 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Noun(4 words)

misunderstanding delusionerroneous belieferror

abuse of termscatachresisclerical errorcontorting corrigendum distortion eisegesis erratum error

Strong matches (20)

failure fault faute garbling glosshuman errorillusion malentendu malobservation misapplication miscalculation miscarriage miscitation misconception misconstruction

Noun(3 words)

false belieffalse impressionmisconception

Verb(2 words)

misconceiving misconstruing

Related words (32)

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misusemisuse of wordsperversion squeezing torturing twisting typotypographical errorwrenching

Noun(3 words)

misinterpretation mistakemistaken belief

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

3 entries

belief cognition misconception

More specific

5 entries

delusionfalse belieffalse impressionmisconception misreading

Collocations

6 entries

common misapprehensionmisapprehension of factsnotable misapprehensionpersistent misapprehensionserious misapprehensionwidespread misapprehension

Inflections

1 entries

misapprehensions

Derivations

4 entries

misappensiveness misapprehend misapprehensive misapprehensively

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

They had thought it obsolete, but, were relieved of this misapprehension by Yule’s friend Major Trotter.

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