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View definitions for mutual misunderstanding

mutual misunderstanding

noun as in cross purposes

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Example Sentences

Such erasures are more conducive to an education for authoritarianism, where an autocratic leader can more easily set groups against one another, relying on mutual estrangement and mutual misunderstanding.

From Salon

After clearing up a mutual misunderstanding – neither one is engaged to other people – they're able to finally acknowledge their love for each other.

From Salon

The physician said there may have been “a mutual misunderstanding” in Berlin and that his accuser was possibly “under the influence of alcohol.”

But it seems as if underlying this round of conflict is a specific and mutual misunderstanding around why we’re fighting.

From Slate

Their work, which included a march through Koreatown demanding peace and the publication of several studies, aimed to tell a story of mutual misunderstanding and media distortion.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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