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factoids

noun

plural of factoid
as in superstitions

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for factoids
  1. superstitions
  2. fallacies
  3. myths
  4. misconceptions
  5. falsehoods
  6. fictions
  7. untruths
  8. illusions
Noun
  • The whatever that locked life in the truths of biology, chemistry, physics, far from the hysteria and superstitions of her heart, her family, history.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Pao has always believed that science can explain everything, despite her mother’s crazy superstitions.
    — Kavya Dhillon, Parents, 19 Sep. 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
  • He’s best known as the creator and star of the show Adam Ruins Everything — debunking cultural myths and other prevalent misconceptions — which ran for three seasons on TruTV.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The collection The Lucas Museum describes narrative art broadly as visual art that tells stories or communicates the beliefs, values, and myths through which people understand themselves and their societies.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of myths
Noun
  • Many, maybe even most, of these negative views of athletics held by my colleague and others are based on misconceptions.
    — Geraldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026
  • There are plenty of opinions about the new class of drugs, some of which are backed up by facts or misconceptions.
    — Bo Evans, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of misconceptions
Noun
  • Lindsay helpfully published a list of ten resources for debunking the most persistent falsehoods related to the attacks.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Enough is enough -- this spread of blatant and baseless falsehoods must stop.
    — Mike Toole, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of falsehoods
Noun
  • Over time, writers offered up fictions to fill in the gaps of the story.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Just as their own fictions bend and weave tales, so too do their own lives and rivalries.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of fictions
Noun
  • Cassidy warns against 'feeding into untruths' Cassidy later asked Saphier whether a parent should vaccinate their child with the MMR.
    — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 18 Sep. 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 untruths
Noun
  • The Hering and Wundt illusions are examples of how straight lines can appear curved if intersecting lines cross them at a certain angle.
    — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In each case, however, modern physics has shown these assumptions to be illusions.
    — Adam Frank, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of illusions
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