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misbelief

[ mis-bi-leef ]

noun

  1. erroneous belief; false opinion.
  2. erroneous or unorthodox religious belief.


misbelief

/ ˌɪɪˈː /

noun

  1. a false or unorthodox belief
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of misbelief1

Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; mis- 1, belief
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“There’s a misbelief that in order to teach early childhood math, you don’t really need to know math well,” Lauren Solarski, a consultant and coach with the Early Math Collaborative at Erikson, told the group of educators.

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This misbelief likely contributed to the next two results from that survey: while majorities of liberals, moderates, and conservatives favored lesser sanctions for those convicted of non-violent crimes who posed little risk of reoffending, majorities of all three groups also opposed lesser sanctions for those convicted of violence who likewise pose little risk of reoffending.

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A podcast designed to knock down misinformation — a common misbelief is that the vaccines affect fertility — plays around the base.

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It’s a common misbelief that terroir is a concept singular to the French, and that no corresponding word exists in other cultures.

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“There's a common misbelief among Black and Brown people – and I know this from growing up, and I've heard it, and I've listened to it – that Jewish people are just like any other white race. You mix them up with the rest of the majority, and you don't understand that they're a minority as well.”

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