false belief

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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

“There’s some false belief that if the service doesn’t exist, the people won’t be there,” said Alison Eisinger, executive director of the Seattle King County Coalition on Homelessness.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2023

I do not wish to remain longer in an atmosphere where ignorance and false belief stifle all real progress.”

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis