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
  • One misconception is that Sherwood police are able to write speeding tickets off the pictures taken by Flock cameras.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Experts say these concerns are largely unfounded, but the conversation is bringing to light misconceptions about testosterone and masculinity.
    — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of misconception
Noun
  • Drawing on lessons from a successful telecom infrastructure acquisition, this article explores three common myths founders should reconsider when preparing their businesses for a potential exit.
    — Amit Jain, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The lunar program, for example, is named for the goddess Chang’e, described in a 4,000-year-old myth, who is celebrated each year at the Mid-Autumn Festival.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of myth
Noun
  • With the help of his assistant, Patricia Moyer (Kate O’Flynn), Tom succeeds in bringing tourists to Widow’s Bay while remaining skeptical of local superstition — until that is, the consequences of the curse can no longer be ignored.
    — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
  • That may sound like simple superstition, but what could be better-suited to Widow’s Bay’s Emmy candidacy than that?
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 July 2026
Definition of superstition
Noun
  • Psychologists call this the planning fallacy, and the research is unforgiving.
    — Andy Molinsky, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of fallacy
Noun
  • However, a dangerous push to cut these crucial programs, especially in Africa, risks repeating past errors and ceding influence to competitors.
    — James K. Glassman, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Pete Crow-Armstrong’s infield single tied the game, and another run scored on the play from a Royals throwing error.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of error
Noun
  • For the science-fiction concepts underpinning that world, including gravity control, faster-than-light communication and cognitive materialization, Kamiyama worked with novelist Toh EnJoe, credited as SF setting supervisor, as an outside arbiter.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026
  • In the new science-fiction mystery The End of Oak Street, Hathaway stars alongside Ewan McGregor as a couple whose family comes face-to-face with dinosaurs in their neighborhood.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of fiction
Noun
  • God is the infinite Mind that naturally causes each individual to know right from wrong, truth from untruth, and most importantly, reality from unreality.
    — Suzanne Riedel, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
  • And there are lies, so many untruths that one doesn’t know who to root for.
    — Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
Definition of untruth
Noun
  • Partway through the season, Straczynski noticed O’Hare developing symptoms of psychosis, including paranoid delusions.
    — JP Mangalindan, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The 29-year-old Christian Faith Madison died after walking into traffic, with her family arguing that the OpenAI chatbot had fueled her religious delusions during their extensive interactions, pushing her over the edge by romanticizing death.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 23 July 2026
Definition of delusion

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