mistaken notion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmistakenandnotion
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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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notion
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈnəʊ.ʃən/us/ˈnoʊ.ʃən/
a belief ...
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(Definition ofmistakenandnotionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I believe that to be an entirelymistakennotion.
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Surely this difficulty is only illustrative of themistakennotionand methods adopted by these people.
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There is the trespasser who trespasses in themistakennotionthat he has a right to do so.
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Why make the lives of these children more difficult and more restricted than they might otherwise be, simply by somemistakennotionof consistency?
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I think that is a completelymistakennotionof the relation between character and prestige and between prestige and propaganda.
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Fundamentally it is amistakennotionthat in a properly conducted strike ballot a majority verdict should be ignored if it is in favour of a strike.
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That is amistakennotionof loyalty.
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That again is amistakennotion.
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I think that is amistakennotion.
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That is entirely amistakennotion.
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That is amistakennotionof life preparation that counts the results of it only in dollars and cents.
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They are respectable men and women who acted on principle—through mistaken notions of right and justice.
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The clauses concerning unemployment appear to be intended to validate the mistaken notions for the causes of unemployment; for example, the one about unrealistic wage expectations.
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