"misconception" meaning in English

See misconception in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌmɪskənˈsɛp.ʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-misconception.wav Forms: misconceptions [plural]
Etymology: From mis- + conception. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{af|en|mis-|conception}} mis- + conception Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} misconception (countable and uncountable, plural misconceptions)
  1. A mistaken belief, a wrong idea. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a mistaken belief): заблуждение (zabluždenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), väärinkäsitys (Finnish), idée erronée [feminine] (French), Missverständnis [neuter] (German), Irrglaube [masculine] (German), Fehlannahme [feminine] (German), irrige Vorstellung [feminine] (German), falsche Auffassung [feminine] (German), tévhit (Hungarian), idea errata (Italian), malinteso [masculine] (Italian), pregiudizio [masculine] (Italian), pōhēhētanga (Maori), misoppfatning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), misoppfatning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Misvestentniss [neuter] (Plautdietsch), заблужде́ние (zabluždénije) [neuter] (Russian), zmota (Slovene), creencia errónea [feminine] (Spanish), creencia equivocada [feminine] (Spanish), dhana potofu (Swahili), missuppfattning [common-gender] (Swedish)

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