false belief
Example Sentences
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Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later, a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on the battlefield.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 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
It is a false belief that it only follows, it also precedes, life.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
