224 examples of misconceptions in sentences

They laugh at your clumsy imitations, or are puzzled by your strange misconceptions.

In the Advancement of Learning (1605) Bacon clears up some of the misconceptions of the English renaissance by judicious borrowing from the Italian.

Confusions between Miryam, the sister of Moses, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, between Saul and Gideon, mistakes about the relationship of Abraham to Isaac, Ishmael, and Jacob, might be put down to misconceptions of Mohammed himself, who could not all at once master the strange material.

These misconceptions are the unavoidable consequences of the caprices of liberty, Signore.

The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected.

He has to arrest a wandering attention, and to clear away the misconceptions which cling around verbal symbols.

If everybody would only speak as plainly, when misconceptions and mistakes arise, the world would have far more of sunshine in it!

Misconceptions of Bible Teachings.

Such a movement should be cleared of all the misconceptions which have clung to it since the Restoration, when the very name of Puritan was made ridiculous by the jeers of the gay courtiers of Charles II.

Naturally such a movement had its extremes and excesses, and it is from a few zealots and fanatics that most of our misconceptions about the Puritans arise.

Before going further I would guard against two possible misconceptions; of one of them I have already spoken, that is, the error so frequent in the past as well as today, that would make of philosophy, however sound, however consonant with the finalities of revealed religion, a substitute in any degree for religion itself.

(An account of Treitschke and his school of thought: interesting for the light it throws on German misconceptions about Great Britain.) TREITSCHKE.

In this country many misconceptions prevail regarding Austria-Hungary; nor is this surprising, for it is unique among States, and whether we regard it from a political, a constitutional, a racial, or a social point of view, the issues are equally complicated and difficult to sum up.

For a long time past there had been a distressing series of misconceptions on her part, and of inconsistencies on his.

A ground for these misconceptions, and in some things, perversions, arose from the goods' offer for the half annuity, made in 1837.

I have observed in the course of some experience that difficulties originating with the law are peculiarly apt to foster misconceptions.

Grotesque misconceptions, fostered by the same mistaken zeal, are still widely prevalent.

To avoid all possible misconceptions, the author fully explained his views in a little pamphlet on "The Profits of Authorship."

Misconceptions of sex-economy as evidenced in book reviews.

Many of the Irish Friends had formed from hearsay the most extravagant misconceptions concerning the Friends called "Hicksites."

It was the horrible misconceptions that we saw might arise; the odious imputations on honour and purity that would follow.

I have been particularly impressed with two misconceptions which have existed, and to some extent still exist, not only in Germany but in neutral countries.

He addressed us under these misconceptions, the result being a "talking down" to a company of supposedly Latin extraction and quite illiterate.

Even where it is thought of at all, the most extraordinary misconceptions reign about it.

"I dread the misconceptions of the world.

224 examples of  misconceptions  in sentences