🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

잘못된 인상

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jalmosdoen insang

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
False Impression/fɔːls ɪmˈprɛʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그녀의 밝은 행동은 잘못된 인상을 줍니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A misleading or incorrect perception or belief about someone or something.

    "Her cheerful demeanor gave a false impression of her true feelings."
  2. 2

    An impression that does not accurately reflect reality.

    "The advertisement created a false impression of the product's effectiveness."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'false impression' combines the adjective 'false', derived from Old English 'fals', meaning 'deceitful or untrue', and 'impression', from Latin 'impressio', meaning 'a pressing into'. The phrase evolved to describe a misleading perception or belief formed about someone or something.

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