- plural of misconception.
misconceptions
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Reasons include social acceptance, religion, misconceptions about hygiene and preserving a girl or woman's virginity.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The misconceptions about “Western functional art,” as it’s called throughout, are dismissed right away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Inside the beverage industry, Infante says one of the biggest misconceptions surrounding the explosion of nonalcoholic drinks is that they’re replacing alcohol altogether.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
“There’s a lot of misconceptions about brain health. A lot of people think dementia either happens or it doesn’t — that there’s inevitability around it,” said Juan Rodriguez, AARP’s vice president of brain health.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Yet some of his examples plainly arose from his own misconceptions.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
