Misconception: alternatives and connections

The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.

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A wandering; a roving or irregular course.

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Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.

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The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into…

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Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.

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The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder.

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An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination.

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An optical effect, sometimes seen on the ocean, but more frequently in deserts, due to total reflection of light at the surface common to two strata…

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A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding.

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To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.

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of Misunderstand

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See Fantasy, and Fancy.

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The act of deceiving one's self, or the state of being self-deceived; self-deception.

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Self-deceit.

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The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or…

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of Think

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To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend.

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To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend.

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The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.

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The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.

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