Sentence examples for the mistaken perception from inspiring English sources

But Israel can't be paranoid because paranoia is the mistaken perception that people are out to get you.

Since DiIulio believes the failure of the faith-based program turned on the mistaken perception of its unconstitutionality, the content of his constitutional argument needs to be taken seriously.

"Teens and young adults are initiating tobacco use through these hookahs with the mistaken perception that the products are somehow safer or less harmful than cigarettes," said Paul G. Billings, a vice president of the American Lung Association.

Some community leaders said a "model minority" stereotype — the mistaken perception that Asians are universally high-achieving and self-sufficient — has blinded government officials and others to the needs of those who are not.

In a speech in Washington, Mr. Poole said that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mae, which are government sponsored enterprises, known as G.S.E.'s, could "create a massive problem in the credit markets" because of the mistaken perception that they are backed by the federal government and the low amount of capital they hold in reserve.

A warm glow came through at each mention of HEC, to be sure, and for a few moments I was ecstatic at the mistaken perception we had outranked the likes of INSEAD, Kellogg and Wharton on the international scale.

This lack of knowledge about poverty, as well as the mistaken perceptions of poverty held by health professionals, affects the quality of clinical interactions [ 25].

On matters of substance, she hits Obama where he is weakest, exploiting the widespread (and mistaken) perception that his policies, and the economic philosophy they are based on, have failed.

In this new novel, he seems to have set out to write a Ruth Rendell story, in which stubborn character defects turn deadly under the pressure of mistaken perception and brutal coincidence.

(In the 1960s, a new mistaken perception that cigars were safer than cigarettes grew out of interpretations of epidemiological research, discussed in another blog).

The law and its interpretation means the officer is unlikely to be successfully convicted just for having a mistaken perception that the suspect was about to open fire, as long as it cannot be disproved that he had an honestly held belief.