misapprehension

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But also of the misapprehensions arising from it that we’ve already seen morph into the “monster”-ization of others, something that Kore-eda takes pains to elucidate.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023

But attempts to ban books are frequently motivated by misapprehensions about how children consume and process literature.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2022

As Carl Zimmer demonstrates in his new book, “Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive,” the history of biology is peppered with such misapprehensions, many of them made by eminent researchers.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2021

There was no place for reality, which comes stuffed with sturgeons and all manner of misapprehensions and muddle; reality, which shows notable indifference, if not outright hostility, to plot.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2020

The accounts of the initial encounters between Indians and Europeans are windows into the past, even if the glass is smeared and distorted by the chroniclers’ prejudices and misapprehensions.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann