Usually means: Incorrect understanding or interpretation of reality.
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  1. misperception: Merriam-Webster
  2. misperception: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. misperception: Collins English Dictionary
  4. misperception: Wordnik
  5. misperception: Wiktionary
  6. misperception: Dictionary.com
  7. misperception: Online Etymology Dictionary
  8. Misperception: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. misperception: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Misperception: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. misperception: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Misperception: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. misperception: Legal dictionary

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  1. misperception: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (misperception)

▸ noun:  An incorrect perception.

Similar:
disperception, misperceiver, miscatch, misconception, misprediction, misprision, miscomprehension, misimpression, misestimate, misapprehension, more...

Opposite:
misconception

Types:
hallucination, delusion, illusion, more...

Phrases:
Sleep state misperception, common misperception, more...

Adjectives:
common, such, public, widespread, mutual, fundamental, serious, gross, general, popular, second

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    gray,     mauve,     teal,     olive,     taupe, more...
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Similar:
disperception, misperceiver, miscatch, misconception, misprediction, misprision, miscomprehension, misimpression, misestimate, misapprehension, more...

Opposite:
misconception

Types:
hallucination, delusion, illusion, more...

Phrases:
Sleep state misperception, common misperception, more...

Adjectives:
common, such, public, widespread, mutual, fundamental, serious, gross, general, popular, second

Colors:
    gray,     mauve,     teal,     olive,     taupe, more...



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