false belief
Example Sentences
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Pew’s reputation as a trustworthy social research institution has helped fuel the false belief that the “generations” definitions and labels are social facts and official statistics.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025
“I start to absorb this false belief that they put together, and I’m accepting it as a truth,” Perez said years later in a deposition about what happened to his mental state during that interrogation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
This false belief is concerning for progress because it is reducing women's willingness to protest the real causes of gender inequality.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
In Dharmakīrti’s case, the nomad believes there is water in the valley based on the false belief that a mirage is an oasis.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
After all, it is a risk to take away even a false belief, unless you can put a true one in its place.
From Dr. Lavendar's People by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
