misbelief

a false idea or belief the common misbelief that the Great Wall of China is visible from the moon Synonyms delusion, error, falsehood, falsity, hallucination, illusion, fallacy, misconception, myth, old wives' tale, untruthRelated Words factoid; superstition; fiction, pretense (or pretence); distortion, inaccuracy, misapprehension, miscomprehension, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misperception, misunderstanding; misinformation, misknowledge, misreport, misrepresentation, misstatement; sophism, sophistry; fib, half-truth, lie, story, taleAntonyms truth, verity