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a false idea or belief
it is a popular misconception that the Great Wall of China is visible from outer space
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Recent Examples of misconceptions
Alafranji urged women to keep pushing forward and to not let misconceptions make women second guess themselves.
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Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Believe it or not, there are some misconceptions about what goes on inside a coroner’s office, Ada County Chief Deputy Coroner Brett Harding told the Idaho Statesman recently.
—Shannon Tyler
march 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
My research on coprolalia stigma reveals the depths of distress public misconceptions can cause.
—Rena Zito, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
There are a few key misconceptions about tipping points that are worth looking at here.
—Hannah Ritchie, Big Think, 24 Feb. 2026
The real challenge isn’t the tics themselves, but the misconceptions surrounding them.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Feb. 2026
Here’s a breakdown of some of the biggest misconceptions.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
Unspeakable Things, Brooke Nevils’s memoir, is a reckoning with misconceptions about #MeToo, Hillary Kelly argues.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
Those close to Howe dispute these as unfair misconceptions, even as those narratives endure.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Believe it or not, there are some misconceptions about what goes on inside a coroner’s office, Ada County Chief Deputy Coroner Brett Harding told the Idaho Statesman recently.
—Shannon Tyler
march 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
My research on coprolalia stigma reveals the depths of distress public misconceptions can cause.
—Rena Zito, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
There are a few key misconceptions about tipping points that are worth looking at here.
—Hannah Ritchie, Big Think, 24 Feb. 2026
The real challenge isn’t the tics themselves, but the misconceptions surrounding them.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Feb. 2026
Here’s a breakdown of some of the biggest misconceptions.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
Unspeakable Things, Brooke Nevils’s memoir, is a reckoning with misconceptions about #MeToo, Hillary Kelly argues.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
Those close to Howe dispute these as unfair misconceptions, even as those narratives endure.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misconceptions
Noun
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One of the projects, Ono Ghost Market, which was originally developed as a streaming series before being retooled as a feature film, will draw inspiration from Asian myths about supernatural marketplaces.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Mar. 2026
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But the drastic measures that looksmaxxers are willing to take are lethal to one of their own foundational myths—the myth of natural beauty.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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No more division, distraction of gender delusions.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
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Multiple studies have explored the tendency of chatbots to encourage users’ delusions.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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No man’s land Remarkably, all of this has been happening in a regulatory vacuum and with technology that is known to make errors.—
Parmy Olson,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Documents released since December have included redaction errors, leaked victim identities, and ongoing complaints of mishandling by department officials.—
Alanna Durkin Richer,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Only hours into the conflict, an errant strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in southern Iran served as a gut-wrenching reminder of the cost of such illusions, and a testament to the grim truth that those who pay most dearly for the fog of war are almost always the innocent.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2026
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Miuccia Prada, herself a billionaire, has no illusions that the runway is a space for political grandstanding.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Misconceptions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misconceptions. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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