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View definitions for mistaken belief

mistaken belief

noun as in misconception

noun as in wishful thinking

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Example Sentences

NHS England also said a recent poll they carried out found a mistaken belief that two or three stroke symptoms were necessary before calling 999.

From BBC

The decision to make the new show highbrow and news-heavy was based on a mistaken belief that the BBC would do the same.

From BBC

Isolated in the extreme, the monastic strategy inside “Camp Capello” failed in every respect, from Rio Ferdinand’s serious knee injury on the first day of training to the undignified sight of England’s manager bellowing at a photographer before a training session in the mistaken belief he was taking unauthorised shots.

From BBC

“The Fontana case is an extreme one, but it fundamentally begins with a mistaken belief about the use of deception in the interview room,” Pierson said.

Richard Buck’s My Take essay on Social Security perpetuates the mistaken belief that it’s somehow unfair that wages above the maximum of $168,600 are not subject to Social Security tax.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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