false belief

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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

And in Russell’s case, the man bases his true belief about the time on the false belief that the clock he’s looking at is working.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

I'd never encourage any one in a false belief, but she hadn't the belief,—she had only the false appearance.

From Sunshine Jane by Warner, Anne