MISCONCEPTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An incorrect conception

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("misconception" is a kind of...):

idea; thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "misconception"):

fallacy; false belief (a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning)

erroneous belief; error (a misconception resulting from incorrect information)

self-deceit; self-deception (a misconception that is favorable to the person who holds it)

misapprehension; mistake; misunderstanding (an understanding of something that is not correct)

fancy; fantasy; illusion; phantasy (something many people believe that is false)

delusion; hallucination (a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea)

mirage (something illusory and unattainable)

unsoundness (a misconception that is fallacious and not true or valid)

Antonym:

conception (an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances)

Derivation:

misconceive (interpret in the wrong way)