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

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

Error versus Truth: first, a supposition; second, a false belief; third, suffering; fourth, death.

From Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Eddy, Mary Baker