factoid

noun

Definition of factoidnext
as in misconception

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Recent Examples of factoid That’s one of many factoids included in the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s most recent Urban Mobility Report, which has been released periodically since 1987. — Alex Driggars, Austin American Statesman, 14 Nov. 2025 Apologies for any churlishness, but those in and around the club will be relieved to have removed an annoying factoid from Amorim’s 11-month tenure. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025 Impress a dad with that factoid at your next barbecue. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025 People love to throw this factoid around. — Vivian Tu, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for factoid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for factoid
  1. misconception
  2. myth
  3. superstition
  4. fallacy
  5. error
  6. fiction
  7. untruth
  8. delusion
Noun
  • The complaint also alleges that the companies failed to adopt alternative designs and perpetuated the misconception that plastic filters are biodegradable or can be disposed of in public without significant consequence.
    — Reeti Malhotra July 23, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
  • The biggest misconception about building a global brand is that scale automatically creates relevance.
    — Teja Chekuri, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of misconception
Noun
  • In all likelihood, the legends of those battles, passed down through song, grew into myth, hence how the character of Odysseus was probably born.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 17 July 2026
  • The filmmaker who has spent his career defending the theatrical experience adapts one of literature’s foundational myths on an enormous scale.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 July 2026
Definition of myth
Noun
  • Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez plans to attend the game, although Milei — citing superstition — will stay at home.
    — Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 19 July 2026
  • Dafoe’s Thomas Wake is the film’s Proteus figure, a salty old lighthouse keeper who speaks like someone out of ancient myth, dispensing prophecies and superstitions.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026
Definition of superstition
Noun
  • There is a fallacy in thinking of languages as brute and unchanging facts, laid out distinctly like elements in the periodic table.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Alfred North Whitehead called this the fallacy of misplaced concreteness.
    — Gautam Mukunda, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Definition of fallacy
Noun
  • He was tipped for the final in 2018, 2022 and this time, but key errors have cost him.
    — Graham Scott, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Sanders noted that the president’s proclamation, which imposed a partial travel ban on holders of Antigua and Barbuda passports, contained several factual errors.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
Definition of error
Noun
  • The intricacy with which Whitehead details the planning and execution of this caper marks him as a top-tier researcher — he’s drawn on many primary sources to ground this work of fiction in historical fact.
    — Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • In much of literary fiction, characters and settings are developed slowly, through the gradual accrual of discrete moments that rarely stray from the mundane and the reasonable.
    — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Definition of fiction
Noun
  • Skills such as digital literacy and being aware of AI’s biases and untruths are on one side of the coin.
    — Al Kingsley MBE, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • But in the popular imagination, untruths persist that should be corrected.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 3 June 2026
Definition of untruth
Noun
  • Arabella feeds this delusion by picking up on the vibe, reading the grown-up’s nametag, and insisting that her name is Holly too.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
  • That volatility mirrors the album’s overall mood and thematic POV; TOY COLLAGES feels like one big, bad trip, Dean careening through the existential delusions of those around them before turning toward their own.
    — Cassidy Sollazzo, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026
Definition of delusion

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