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

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1. misconception

   Synonyms:
   ignorance, illiteracy, inexperience, misapprehension, misunderstanding, rudeness, unfamiliarity

   Antonyms:
   acquaintance, apprehension, cognition, cognizance, comprehension, erudition, experience, information, intelligence, intuition, knowledge, learning, light, lore, perception, recognition, scholarship, science, wisdom

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1. misconceptionnoun

   an incorrect conception

   Antonyms:
   concept, conception, construct

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1. List of paraphrases for "misconception":

   misunderstanding, misperception, misapprehension, misinterpretation, fallacy

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1. 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.

2. Diana Winston:

   There's a misconception that you're going to do the practice, and your mind is going to be blank or in a state of bliss, that's just absurd. That's not what happens.

3. Robert Pinnegar:

   This isn't a huge margin industry where you have a lot of money readily available, that is a misconception.

4. Brian Taylor:

   The misconception is that these declining admit rates and these increased application pools mean that it's harder and harder to get into these schools each year, it's simply not true : The fact is these colleges are just getting better and better at getting students to apply.

5. 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.