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conventional wisdom

NOUN
popular notion
Synonyms
WEAK
commonplace lieu commun locus communis platitude truism

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Nonetheless, their estimates serve as a useful read on Wall Street’s conventional wisdom about a company.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

But conventional wisdom often has it all wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Trump is a political survivor who has demonstrated a remarkable ability to confound conventional wisdom.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

Against the conventional wisdom that civil rights were fundamentally different from political rights, Black Americans insisted that both were vital to make real America’s most cherished constitutional ideals.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

But Fox and the other purveyors of conventional wisdom turned out to be wrong.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt