False or incorrect ideas or beliefs that people think are true but actually aren't.
From 'mis-' (wrongly) + 'conception' (understanding). The word emerged in English to describe ideas that are wrongly formed or received.
A misconception is literally 'wrongly conceived'—it's an idea that was born from incorrect information, like a seed planted in wrong soil.
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