Sentence examples for a distorted understanding from inspiring English sources

Broadly defined, false consciousness refers to a distorted understanding of one's class identity and interest.

For one thing, composers from outside the field often have a distorted understanding of what opera actually is.

The problem was "a lack of self-discipline", a heady pursuit of profit, bad regulation and a distorted understanding of risk.

(The Health Consumer, June 25): The too-often-repeated advice to "stand up straight" is causing as many back problems as the too-often-seen "relaxed" slump and subsequent compression.Almost every student comes in my Alexander technique studio with a distorted understanding of posture and alignment, and they must learn postural balance.

Describing scientific understanding as a pre-determined, stepwise process leaves students with a distorted understanding of how science is actually conducted.

Not only does is reinforce a secondary, handmaiden role for Beauvoir, but it also promotes a distorted understanding and appreciation of her thought (Simons 1995).

Croix had a seriously distorted understanding of their religion, and Catholic officials said it would be wrong to brand Rastafarianism as anti-Catholic.

The result is a more or less partial and distorted understanding, necessarily skewed by interest.

In this perspective, contemplation is very far from being just one kind of thing that Christians do: it is the key to prayer, liturgy, art and ethics, the key to the essence of a renewed humanity that is capable of seeing the world and other subjects in the world with freedom – freedom from self-oriented, acquisitive habits and the distorted understanding that comes from them.

What's even worse than Baker's distorted understanding of the word profanity, is that the Amherst city council isn't going to do anything about his actions.

Although many of these criticisms rest on an incomplete or distorted understandings of Dewey's thought there are also many that should be answered by anyone who seeks to carry on Dewey's legacy.