English-French translations for misconception

• idée erronée
  Cette idée erronée est souvent émise par les personnes qui présentent les événements historiques d'un point de vue populiste. That misconception is often created by those who put a populist spin on historical events.
  La conception selon laquelle REACH représenterait un problème pour l'industrie lourde de l'Europe a toujours été une idée erronée propagée par certaines organisations environnementales. The belief that REACH would be a problem for large-scale industry in Europe was always a misconception, albeit one propagated by some environmental organisations.

Definition of misconception

• a mistaken belief, a wrong idea

Examples

• There are several common misconceptions about the theory of relativity.
• Youre obviously under the misconception that I care about your problems.
• He had the misconception that the word "misconception" meant becoming pregnant with a girl.

Related words

• misconduct
• misconstrue
• misconceive
• misconclusion