false belief
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“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
A second problem, as cognitive scientist George Lakoff has shown, is that simply using the word "race," even when criticizing racism, actually reinforces the false belief that human beings belong to fundamentally different groups.
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2022
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
