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- Dictionarymis·ap·pre·hen·sion/ˌmisˌaprəˈhenSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. a mistaken belief about or interpretation of something: "she must have been laboring under the misapprehension that you are nice"
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noun. Synonyms. misconstrue. misinterpret. misknow. misperceive. misread. miss. mistake. misunderstand. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of misapprehend in a Sentence. unfortunately, the message that the artist was trying to convey has been misapprehended by many museum patrons.
a failure to understand something, or an understanding or belief about something that is not correct: He was under the misapprehension that those chemicals were banned. (Definition of misapprehension from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
When you have a misapprehension, you make a mistake trying to understand something, which leads you to believe something that isn't true. You may have a misapprehension about your brother's motives for being so nice to you this week.
Misapprehension definition: misunderstanding. . See examples of MISAPPREHENSION used in a sentence.
a failure to understand something, or an understanding or belief about something that is not correct: [ + that ] Most industrialists labor under a misapprehension (= wrongly believe) that unrestrained economic growth can be achieved without damaging the environment. Synonyms. mistake. misunderstanding. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
A misapprehension is a wrong idea or impression that you have about something. Men still appear to be labouring under the misapprehension that women want hairy, muscular men. We were by now under no misapprehension about the extent of the problem.
misapprehension - an understanding of something that is not correct; "he wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister"
