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misbelief

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of misbelief

a false idea or belief

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

Synonyms of misbelief

delusion, error, fallacy, falsehood, falsity, hallucination, illusion, misconception, myth, old wivesʼ tale, untruth

Words Related to misbelief

fiction, pretense (or pretence)

distortion, inaccuracy, misapprehension, miscomprehension, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misperception, misunderstanding

misinformation, misknowledge, misreport, misrepresentation, misstatement

sophism, sophistry

fib, half-truth, lie, story, tale

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