erroneous assumption

collocation in English

meaningsoferroneousandassumption

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erroneous
adjective
uk
/ɪˈrəʊ.ni.əs/us
/əˈroʊ.ni.əs/
wrong ...
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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 oferroneousandassumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This may be anerroneousassumptionwhen the paucity of research in this area is considered.
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This may be in part anerroneousassumption.
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This has produced theerroneousassumptionthat nonhuman primate vocal development shows no parallels with that of humans and birds.
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Anyerroneousassumptionwould, however, become evident upon the loss of the allophonic rule.
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He maintains that the underdetermination thesis rests on theerroneousassumptionthat the adequacy of a theory is determined by a narrow set of empirical criteria.
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The physical realization of semantic memory is considered different from that of episodic memory based on theerroneousassumptionthat the former is represented as a fixed point attractor.
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No, that would be a veryerroneousassumption.
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The calculation of 2½ d. an hour is based upon anerroneousassumption.
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It was anerroneousassumption, and that was one of the reasons he made such a bad case.
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It is not the most likely explanation according to the proper hierarchy of risk, so the policy was based on an entirelyerroneousassumption.
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To my mind that is an entirelyerroneousassumption.
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I do not make theerroneousassumptionthat, because some local authorities ignore the wishes of the electorate, all of them do.
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His whole speech was based on thaterroneousassumption, and therefore amounted to so much waste air.
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I think he proceeded noon an entirelyerroneousassumption.
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This is anerroneousassumptionof massive proportions.
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Among some sections of the people that is a typical but, to my mind,erroneousassumptionof our indis-pensability.
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That agreement was also based on anerroneousassumption.
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To assume that they are clever and that they always look up the law before they commit their crimes, would be anerroneousassumption.
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That is anerroneousassumption.
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