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the misapprehensions
noun
A failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception or misunderstanding.
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Discusses some of the misapprehensions concerned with the "link age" issue.
"Instead of debunking the misapprehensions about the school, all she did was confirm them".
(On first glance, the misapprehensions yesterday do not reflect particularly well on the Coast Guard, either).
Having got so far with China, however, bankers will be remiss if they let the misapprehensions fester.
Smith frequently notes the misapprehensions any group may have about another — whites about blacks, straight people about gay people, citizens about refugees.
An interview Mary gave shortly before her death, discovered and republished in "Losses and Loyalties," corrects some of the misapprehensions about their marriage.
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In the course of William Shawn's long career as editor of The New Yorker (1952-87), would sometimes shake his head in dismay over what he took to be an astonishing misapprehension on the part of many readers--the misapprehension that one of the magazine's most admirable qualities was its contriving to remain always the same in a restlessly shifting world.
And the misapprehension of Obama in some quarters is not merely interesting but also important.
The misapprehension of historical reality that goes together with this reinvention can take a comical turn.
Some people seem under the misapprehension that the Edinburgh fringe and international festival are almost over.
People seemed to labour under the misapprehension that I had made 'trillions' for myself".
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