misperception
noun
mis·per·cep·tion
ˌmis-pər-ˈsēp-shən 
plural misperceptions
: a false or inaccurate perception
… a host of misperceptions about the '50s, including the skewed notion that women didn't work in the 1950s, especially if they were mothers. Even in the '50s, one-fifth of mothers had paying jobs.—
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Today, there is a misperception that web and social media companies must rely on the Big Tech business practices of data harvesting and algorithmic manipulation, also known as surveillance capitalism, to be successful.
—Mark Weinstein, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
Americans who hold anti-intellectual views were more resistant to vaccinating against COVID in the early days of the pandemic; more likely to believe that climate change is not human-caused; and more likely to express misperceptions about macroeconomic performance.
—Matt Motta, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2024
The misperception continues that risks from nature loss are for the future.
—Nina Seega, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Overall, women’s misperceptions of their own risk may hold them back from getting a doctor to check out possible symptoms of a heart attack or stroke.
—Amy Huebschmann, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Mark Weinstein, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
Americans who hold anti-intellectual views were more resistant to vaccinating against COVID in the early days of the pandemic; more likely to believe that climate change is not human-caused; and more likely to express misperceptions about macroeconomic performance.
—Matt Motta, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2024
The misperception continues that risks from nature loss are for the future.
—Nina Seega, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Overall, women’s misperceptions of their own risk may hold them back from getting a doctor to check out possible symptoms of a heart attack or stroke.
—Amy Huebschmann, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Misperception.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misperception. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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misperception
noun
mis·per·cep·tion
ˌmis-pər-ˈsep-shən
: a false perception
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