'Misapprehension' definitions:
Definition of 'misapprehension'
(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: mistake, misunderstanding, misapprehension]
Definition of 'Misapprehension'
From: GCIDE
- Misapprehension \Mis*ap`pre*hen"sion\, n. A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'misapprehension'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse of terms,
- catachresis,
- clerical error,
- contorting,
- corrigendum,
- distortion,
- eisegesis,
- erratum,
- error,
- failure,
- fault,
- faute,
- garbling,
- gloss,
- human error,
- malentendu,
- malobservation,
- misapplication,
- miscalculation,
- miscarriage,
- miscitation,
- misconception,
- misconstruction,
- miscount,
- misdeal,
- misexplanation,
- misexplication,
- misexposition,
- misidentification,
- misintelligence,
- misinterpretation,
- misjudgment,
- misplay,
- misprint,
- misquotation,
- misreading,
- misrendering,
- misreport,
- miss,
- misstatement,
- mistake,
- mistranslation,
- misunderstanding,
- misuse,
- misuse of words,
- perversion,
- squeezing,
- torturing,
- twisting,
- typo,
- typographical error,
- wrenching