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misconceive

mis kuhn seev

  • v  interpret in the wrong way

  • The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive.
  • It shows how greatly writers can misconceive: Conan Doyle protested that developing character in detective stories could only endanger the plot.
  • People misconceive reality, according to his diagnosis, because they think about it without imagination or by rote.

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