MISBELIEFS Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word misbeliefs. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for MISBELIEFS
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| delusions | nounn | |||||||
noun • (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary • a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea • the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas | ||||||||
| errors | nounn | |||||||
noun • a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention • inadvertent incorrectness • a misconception resulting from incorrect information • (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed • departure from what is ethically acceptable • (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer • part of a statement that is not correct | ||||||||
| fallacies | nounn | |||||||
noun • a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning | ||||||||
| falsehoods | nounn | |||||||
noun • a false statement • the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting | ||||||||
| illusions | nounn | |||||||
noun • an erroneous mental representation • something many people believe that is false • the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas • an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | ||||||||
| miscalculations | nounn | |||||||
noun • a mistake in calculating | ||||||||
| misconceptions | nounn | |||||||
noun • an incorrect conception | ||||||||
| misjudgments | nounn | |||||||
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| misperceptions | nounn | |||||||
noun • An incorrect perception. | ||||||||
| myths | nounn | |||||||
noun • a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people | ||||||||
| misconstructions | nounn | |||||||
noun • a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately) • an ungrammatical constituent | ||||||||
| misinterpretations | nounn | |||||||
noun • putting the wrong interpretation on | ||||||||
