misimpression
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7.5
- noun
- /ˌmɪsɪmˈprɛʃən/
:
idea errónea
- The article gave a misimpression that the project was failing, which was not true.
- correct the misimpression
- create a misimpression
- leave a misimpression
But if I never had that opportunity to correct, I would have been left with that misimpression for a long time.
- But if I never had that opportunity to correct, I would have been left with that misimpression for a long time.
- And we might be under the misimpression from reading the short stories that maybe Fitzgerald went to Yale.
- Sometimes individuals with less experience don't necessarily see through short term, you know, misimpressions to be able to get to where we're heading.
- At the same time, institutions such as those that have welcomed me here today have eloquently addressed these misimpressions.
Examples
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Although government officials sometimes expressed dismay about this public misimpression, the misinformation nonetheless fueled support for the passage of a bill they strongly supported.
Academic text (1997) -
I wouldn't want them to have the misimpression that he is evil, like fellow private-equity guy Mitt Romney.
Blog text (13) -
But if I never had that opportunity to correct, I would have been left with that misimpression for a long time.
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And it was a simple correction of a misimpression that was being given, and not a personal defense.
Blog text (8) -
I need to again correct a potential misimpression: an educated voter can very well find neither party satisfying.
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I would take pains to point out what is being done to honor those who died at Ground Zero, and to correct the misimpression.
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And we might be under the misimpression from reading the short stories that maybe Fitzgerald went to Yale.
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I write to correct a profound misimpression left by General Hayden in his testimony before your Committee on May 18, 2006.
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To correct this misimpression, we must aspire to be elite without being elitist; even as we strive for quality, we must be inclusive.
Academic text (2011) -
I hear from various LDS blogs and various LDS people (I now know more than one) about people's misimpressions of the LDS faith and its members.
Blog text (9)
Synonyms
243
1.6
When someone does not understand something correctly and this causes a problem
199
6.7
A strong false belief that someone still has even when it is not true
94
7.2
A wrong belief that comes from bad reasoning
75
4.2
An idea that is not true because people understand something wrongly
12
6.8
A wrong idea about something
11
6.0
A wrong understanding of something that leads to wrong conclusions
9
3.6
A wrong decision about a person or situation
8
7.2
A false idea that people think is true
5
7.5
A wrong idea about what something means
3
5.6
An idea that is not true because of wrong thinking or misunderstanding
1
8.3
A wrong idea about what someone said or meant
1
6.5
A belief based on false information
A failure to understand something correctly
A wrong idea about what someone says or does
An idea that is wrong
A wrong idea about something because a person did not understand it
A wrong understanding of what someone wrote or said
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
misimpression = impression (transparent) = mis + impression
The meaning is directly derived from 'impression' with the productive prefix 'mis-' indicating a mistaken or wrong impression.
Etymology
The word misimpression is built from the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong', the same as in mistake, and impression meaning 'an idea or feeling left by something', like a stamp leaving a mark. So a misimpression is simply a 'wrong idea' that someone gets about something.