misconception
Example Sentences
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If you opt for private sessions, there’s a misconception that it will involve revealing your innermost secrets, perhaps while lying on a couch, as a therapist prods you to beat back your demons.
From MarketWatch
"There is also a widespread misconception that if something is easy to buy online, it must be safe."
From BBC
Predictions of vengeful purges or widespread retaliatory violence rely on misconceptions about Venezuelan society.
It’s a “misconception,” she writes, “that the press used to be trustworthy, and today it is not.”
His clarity stood out in a world where Sudan is too often discussed through vague language or convenient misconceptions.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.