misconception

One misconception that people often have about conspiracy theories is that there’s a lack of information, Cotlar said, when actually there’s usually a huge abundance of information.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

There’s a common misconception that the beetles are blind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

From 2000 through 2014, the misconception continued to spread through media organizations across North America.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

“It’s a big misconception that better models automatically translate into better trading performance,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Part of the public trust in such an eventual outcome results from the misconception that cancer is a single, though mysterious disease, with a single cause and, hopefully, a single cure.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Inside the beverage industry, Infante says one of the biggest misconceptions surrounding the explosion of nonalcoholic drinks is that they’re replacing alcohol altogether.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

Vrticka says one of the biggest misconceptions is that attachment styles are fixed.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

While bankruptcy can be a serious life event, there are also some misconceptions about what it means for your future financial life.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

Our misconceptions and stereotypes about men and women at work shape our reality—and could reshape it, if only we would accept the hard facts and work to change them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Her logic was a combination of half-truths and cliches, her worldview a compound of misconceptions deriving from a history of our nation as written from the perspective of a subway tunnel.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole