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单词 incomprehension
释义

incomprehension

noun

in·​com·​pre·​hen·​sion (ˌ)in-ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen(t)-shən How to pronounce incomprehension (audio)
: lack of comprehension or understanding

Synonyms

  • misapprehension
  • misconstruction
  • misconstruing
  • misimpression
  • misinterpretation
  • misknowledge
  • misreading
  • misunderstanding
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Example Sentences

She gave me a look of complete incomprehension. He viewed the situation with incomprehension.
Recent Examples on the Web This resumption reawakens Shara’s incomprehension, shame, and—something that first emerged two short years ago—her animal instinct to fight. Han Ong, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 The discovery, in 2012, was the culmination of years of obsessive research by Langley, who faced the incomprehension of friends and family and the derision of experts and academics, and whose role was largely overlooked. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2022 Janet had never known the rules of baseball, and her incomprehension put her on edge. Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 Dabo Swinney’s incomprehension of capitalism and his lousy metaphors won’t derail Clemson football. Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2022 Her parents battled their own depression and anxiety, their initial incomprehension of the situation, and a years-long succession of crises and demands on their moral, material and emotional resources. San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2022 What writer does not, at some point, endure the opposite—the awful vulnerability of her words in the world, and her inability to defend them from being misread, even mutilated, by those goblin rats of malice, envy, laziness, mere incomprehension? Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2022 Benedict Cumberbatch plays a man who exhibits rage, jealousy, and incomprehension when his brother marries. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2022 And Squibb’s Momo, who has Alzheimer’s, gives poignant expression to the best and worst of her experience, showing us how moments of lucidity fight for dominance amid a blur of incomprehension and pain. Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1605, in the meaning defined above

incomprehension

noun

as in misunderstanding
a failure to understand correctly the anthropologist's apparent incomprehension of the ceremonial rites she describes in her book surprised reviewers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • misunderstanding
  • misinterpretation
  • misconstruction
  • misreading
  • misconstruing
  • misconception
  • misimpression
  • mistake
  • misperception
  • misapprehension
  • misknowledge
  • astigmatism
  • misprision

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • understanding
  • comprehension
  • knowledge
  • perception
  • apprehension
  • appreciation
  • conception
  • grasp
  • consciousness
  • realization
  • awareness
  • prehension
  • grokking
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