misbelief
- noun
- /ˌmɪs.bɪˈliːf/
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creencia errónea
- There is a widespread misbelief that using more force will make you stronger in yoga.
Remove the misbelief that you're something you're not.
- Remove the misbelief that you're something you're not.
- So we start to change people's misbeliefs about sleep and we try to get them back from being catastrophic about this idea of my not sleeping.
- It's like it's, it's a, it's an absolute counter intuitive misbelief.
Examples
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So we start to change people's misbeliefs about sleep and we try to get them back from being catastrophic about this idea of my not sleeping.
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Many people hold the misbelief that vaccines cause more harm than good.
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Also, we question the source of misbelief.
Fiction book (1991) -
Bats are in general not blind, contrary to popular misbelief, but just they can do without watching for most of their most of their tasks.
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Remove the misbelief that you're something you're not.
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One undesirable complication of the network has been an extraordinarily rapid propagation of rumors and misbeliefs throughout the patient group.
Academic text (1990) -
Rumors or misbeliefs that circulate may be corrected in the group, and potential areas of difficulty may be detected and addressed early, rather than letting them go unnoticed and exacerbated over time.
Academic text (1990) -
The teacher worked hard to correct the misbelief that math is only for 'smart' students.
Synonyms
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1.0
A wrong idea or belief about something
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4.6
A false idea or appearance that makes you think something is true
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1.0
A wrong belief, calculation, or action
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1.6
When someone does not understand something correctly and this causes a problem
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6.7
A strong false belief that someone still has even when it is not true
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7.2
A wrong belief that comes from bad reasoning
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4.2
An idea that is not true because people understand something wrongly
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6.8
A wrong idea about something
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5.6
An idea that is not true because of wrong thinking or misunderstanding
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7.5
A wrong idea someone has about something
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6.5
A belief based on false information
A wrong idea about something because a person did not understand it
Antonyms
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Etymology
Misbelief is made from the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and the word belief meaning 'an idea you think is true'. Think of it like mistake plus 'belief' — it simply means a 'wrong' or 'incorrect' belief.