Synonyms of misbelief

misbelief

noun

ˌmis-bə-ˈlēf 

as in delusion

a false idea or belief

the common misbelief that the Great Wall of China is visible from the moon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delusion
• myth
• error
• illusion
• misconception
• superstition
• misunderstanding
• fallacy
• falsehood
• untruth
• hallucination
• falsity
• distortion
• old wives' tale
• fiction
• misinterpretation
• misperception
• lie
• pretense
• tale
• miscomprehension
• misinformation
• inaccuracy
• misapprehension
• misrepresentation
• misjudgment
• misstatement
• factoid
• sophism
• half-truth
• sophistry
• story
• fib
• misknowledge
• misreport

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truth
• verity

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of misbelief

Her Daddy discourse is the misbelief that Harris (or any woman running for office) inherently has women’s votes in the bag and, thus, that candidate should spend their time on voters who are more on the fence. — Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 9 Oct. 2024

Combating misbelief is much more complicated—and politically and ethically fraught—than reducing the spread of explicitly false content. — Jennifer Allen, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2024

Wolter says the project has started to engage with human populations near vulture colonies, roosting sites and popular foraging areas, to educate communities on the benefits of the animal to local ecology, and dispel popular misbeliefs. — Gertrude Kitongo, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024

One common misbelief heard when legislation is discussed is that gender-affirming medical interventions are provided immediately to any trans or nonbinary kid who walks into a gender clinic. — Helen Santoro, CBS News, 27 June 2023