mistaken assumption

collocation in English

meaningsofmistakenandassumption

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mistaken
adjective
uk
/mɪˈsteɪ.kən/us
/mɪˈsteɪ.kən/
wrong in what you believe, or based on a belief that ...
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assumption
noun
uk
/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/us
/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/
something that you accept as true without question ...
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(Definition ofmistakenandassumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There seems to be amistakenassumptionin some of the commentaries that all motor responses are totally controlled by the dorsal system.
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Themistakenassumptionwas that the concepts of religion and politics can only be intelligible if they pick out some real essence.
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Unfortunately, he seems to accept the common but surelymistakenassumptionthat the distinction is clear.
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Thismistakenassumptionhas important implications for psychosocial risk research.
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The research has shown that that is amistakenassumption.
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The patient's refusal may be based on themistakenassumptionthat they are life-prolonging or that their side effects may impose burdens that exceed whatever benefits might be anticipated.
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In addition, there is an entirelymistakenassumptionthat choice comes from the freest possible commercial market.
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It is absurd to base speculations on that whollymistakenassumption.
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There is amistakenassumptionthat demand for new lettings can be met almost exclusively from the private sector.
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That stems from amistakenassumptionthat by eliminating discrimination one solves all the problems faced by disabled people.
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Some comments currently being reported seem also to be based on themistakenassumptionthat the process can disguise sub-standard food.
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But he was working on a slightlymistakenassumption.
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That is a mostmistakenassumption.
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That would be amistakenassumption.
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Determined to prevent the union, she stages a daring rescue that leaves her band whispering inmistakenassumptionabout her connection to the girl.
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It is said that they were given this name in themistakenassumptionthat they contained great riches.
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The manuscript testimony that the rune is to be read as "il" would then be simply amistakenassumptionthat its name must be acrophonic.
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There may also be amistakenassumptionthat encouraging creativity in schools necessarily involve the arts when it also can be encouraged in other subjects.
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The victim may accidentally be buried by others in themistakenassumptionthat they are dead.
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