erroneous belief
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- noun
- /ɪˈroʊniəs bɪˈlif/
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creencia errónea
- An erroneous belief in the effectiveness of home remedies can lead individuals to neglect proper medical treatment.
OK, well, that's obviously an erroneous belief, So beliefs can be wrong.
- OK, well, that's obviously an erroneous belief, So beliefs can be wrong.
Examples
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False consensus is the erroneous belief that the behavior of others resembles one's own.
Academic text (2005) -
Even psychology majors are prone to erroneous beliefs (Nauta, 2000), which can result in inappropriate career choices (Nauta, 2000).
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At worst, the police now have an erroneous belief about an innocent person, with no private facts actually revealed.
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OK, well, that's obviously an erroneous belief, So beliefs can be wrong.
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This mutual fear increased the risk that one superpower might rush to launch in the erroneous belief.
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But I don't assume that any such erroneous belief carries with it inherently bad political or social values.
Blog text (23) -
Ageism, like racism and sexism, is spawned from widely accepted erroneous beliefs and negative attitudes transmitted by the culture.
Academic text (2002) -
When using cognitive techniques, tactfully confront cognitive distortions by educating patients and families about their erroneous beliefs and automatic thoughts.
Academic text (2009) -
Most coaches and athletes have tended to emphasize the "psyching up" aspect of athletic preparation (Harris, 1986) and have commonly held the erroneous belief that increasing the athlete's arousal level would always improve performance.
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Many people hold the erroneous belief that vaccines cause autism.
Synonyms
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A false idea or appearance that makes you think something is true
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A wrong belief, calculation, or action
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When someone does not understand something correctly and this causes a problem
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A strong false belief that someone still has even when it is not true
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A wrong belief that comes from bad reasoning
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An idea that is not true because people understand something wrongly
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A wrong idea about something
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A wrong decision about a person or situation
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An idea that is not true because of wrong thinking or misunderstanding
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A wrong idea someone has about something
An idea that is wrong
A wrong idea about something because a person did not understand it
A false idea that many people believe
A wrong understanding of what someone wrote or said
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a belief based on incorrect or mistaken information' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'erroneous' (containing errors) with 'belief' (confidence in the truth of something). This adjective + noun composition is a standard, compositional pattern in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Erroneous belief shows a simple picture: erroneous means 'wrong' and belief is something you think is true, like following a wrong map and trusting it. So an erroneous belief is an idea someone accepts as true but that is actually wrong.