FACTOIDS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

factoids

noun

plural of factoid

as in superstitions

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Noun

Memorable matches, sacrifices, personal style, and superstitions were volleyed back and forth in a lively conversation Thursday night with tennis stars Andre Agassi, Caroline Wozniacki, Genie Bouchard, and James Blake, hosted by Ralph Lauren.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 26 June 2026
Baseball is famous for routines and superstitions.

— Adam Annaccone, The Conversation, 22 June 2026

Definition of superstitions

Noun

Understanding vicious cycles and logical fallacies.

— Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
While counting the president’s fallacies has become routine, the ideological subservience of his senior-most cabinet members and advisors this term has given the public reason to second-guess statements and data issued by them or their offices.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of fallacies

Noun

Steve Cross, real estate development director on the project for Costco, told the first wave that there are a lot of misconceptions out there about what a business center will entail.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
Products Have Become Souvenirs One of the biggest misconceptions surrounding the experience economy is that consumers are replacing products with experiences.

— Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of misconceptions

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Critics say Yoon’s campaign further polarized the country by injecting falsehoods into already bitter political disputes and making compromise increasingly difficult.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026
Yet medical falsehoods on social media do influence health decisions.

— Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2026

Definition of falsehoods

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But in the popular imagination, untruths persist that should be corrected.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 3 June 2026
Beyond easily demonstrable untruths about Ukraine, what’s unfortunate about Slezkine’s historical analysis is its failure to ponder cause and effect, even at a superficial level.

— John Connelly, The New York Review of Books, 18 Dec. 2025

Definition of untruths

Noun

Presented Out of Competition at the 1967 edition of Venice, Deadly Sweet takes it cue from a brief encounter between a disenchanted man and a girl with no illusions in the wake of the murder of a nightclub owner in London.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 June 2026
Perhaps because of this aesthetic of illusions, the earnest state pride evident in some of the pavilions turns out to feel especially delightful.

— Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026

Definition of illusions

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