The phrase "as a misconception" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when clarifying or correcting a false belief or misunderstanding about a particular topic.
Example: "Many people believe that all cats hate water, but this is often seen as a misconception."
Alternatives: "commonly misunderstood" or "frequently mistaken belief".
The experts dismiss that fear as "a misconception [and] mistaken belief".
Hartmann, W. K. Megaregolith evolution and cratering cataclysm models lunar cataclysm as a misconception (28 years later).
For these comparisons, we defined improvement as a misconception present in the pretest open responses that was absent in the post test.
Reiss was hounded out of office a few weeks ago for daring to suggest that science teachers should treat creationist beliefs "not as a misconception but as a worldview".
On this point, the question by Jenkins (2001) makes perfect sense: "Is this [constructivist perception of science education] a dangerous intellectual tendency or not?" However, Hokayem and BouJaoude (2008) suggest that religious beliefs should not be viewed as a misconception, rather an "individual's cultural milieu" which should be analyzed correctly.
Equating abiogenesis with evolutionary theory is listed as a misconception by the University of California's Berkeley Understanding Evolutionn' internet resource, although it is noted that "Science does try to investigate how life started… but [this is] not the central focus of evolutionary theory" (University of California, n.d).
They hope the widely held view that muni defaults are unlikely will be proved as big a misconception as the notion that house prices never fall.
This seems as much of a misconception as assuming that sexual behavior would only be motivated by reproduction: Just as sexual acts can be enjoyable in themselves, so can acts of aggression.
For him, it's not just about fighting the radicalization, it's about fighting the misconception that comes with it as well, a misconception he is all too familiar with.
Protestant critics misunderstood the doctrine of papal infallibility to mean that every word out of the pope's mouth was accepted as undisputable truth--a misconception still in circulation today.
First, as described in a misconception below (link to "Natural selection produces organisms perfectly suited to their environments"), natural selection does not produce organisms perfectly suited to their environments.
