Misapprehension
noun
A wrong understanding or interpretation of something.
The idea that the building is in danger of collapse is a misapprehension.
Often appears as...
- under a misapprehension
- clear up any misapprehension
noun
A wrong understanding or interpretation of something.
The idea that the building is in danger of collapse is a misapprehension.
Often appears as...
- under a misapprehension
- clear up any misapprehension
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Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
The understanding of 'misapprehension' can depend on the situation. Note what's being misunderstood.
He was under the misapprehension that the meeting was postponed, arriving an hour late.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Deliberate
'Misapprehension' implies a mistake made innocently, not on purpose.
Her misapprehension of the rules was accidental, not a deliberate attempt to cheat.
Pro Tip 3/3Correcting Misapprehensions
Use 'misapprehension' when addressing and correcting someone's false belief or error.
To address his misapprehension, the teacher explained the concept again with a new example.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
The understanding of 'misapprehension' can depend on the situation. Note what's being misunderstood.
He was under the misapprehension that the meeting was postponed, arriving an hour late.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Deliberate
'Misapprehension' implies a mistake made innocently, not on purpose.
Her misapprehension of the rules was accidental, not a deliberate attempt to cheat.
Pro Tip 3/3Correcting Misapprehensions
Use 'misapprehension' when addressing and correcting someone's false belief or error.
To address his misapprehension, the teacher explained the concept again with a new example.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
The understanding of 'misapprehension' can depend on the situation. Note what's being misunderstood.
He was under the misapprehension that the meeting was postponed, arriving an hour late.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Deliberate
'Misapprehension' implies a mistake made innocently, not on purpose.
Her misapprehension of the rules was accidental, not a deliberate attempt to cheat.
Pro Tip 3/3Correcting Misapprehensions
Use 'misapprehension' when addressing and correcting someone's false belief or error.
To address his misapprehension, the teacher explained the concept again with a new example.
Compare with
delusionerrorfallacyillusionmisconceptionmisinterpretmistakemisunderstanding
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Video examples
Glenn Greenwald: Why...
In fact, whenever you bring it up in a debate about surveillance, people instantaneously dismiss it as inapplicable, and what they say is, "Oh, well in '1984,' there were monitors in people's homes, they were being watched at every given moment, and that has nothing to do with the surveillance state that we face." That is an actual fundamental misapprehension
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Glenn Greenwald: Why...
In fact, whenever you bring it up in a debate about surveillance, people instantaneously dismiss it as inapplicable, and what they say is, "Oh, well in '1984,' there were monitors in people's homes, they were being watched at every given moment, and that has nothing to do with the surveillance state that we face." That is an actual fundamental misapprehension
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Quote examples
Diana Gabaldon
American Author
Back in the day, when I was a university professor, I used to teach a class in Human Anatomy and Physiology. This class was popular with the football players, who all took it under the tragic misapprehension that it would be easy.
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Charles Francis Richter
American Scientist
There is another common misapprehension that the magnitude scale is itself some kind of instrument or apparatus. Visitors will frequently ask to 'see the scale.
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Tom Hollander
English Actor
They haven't said it, but let's be clear: I would never have been on the list for James Bond, so I'm not labouring under that misapprehension.
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Daniel Day-Lewis
British Actor
Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.
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Prunella Scales
English Actress
I don't think theatrical marriages are necessarily less stable than others; I think this is a slight misapprehension.
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Diana Gabaldon
American Author
Back in the day, when I was a university professor, I used to teach a class in Human Anatomy and Physiology. This class was popular with the football players, who all took it under the tragic misapprehension that it would be easy.
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Charles Francis Richter
American Scientist
There is another common misapprehension that the magnitude scale is itself some kind of instrument or apparatus. Visitors will frequently ask to 'see the scale.
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Tom Hollander
English Actor
They haven't said it, but let's be clear: I would never have been on the list for James Bond, so I'm not labouring under that misapprehension.
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Daniel Day-Lewis
British Actor
Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.
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Prunella Scales
English Actress
I don't think theatrical marriages are necessarily less stable than others; I think this is a slight misapprehension.
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