false notion
Mistaken idea held
A false notion is a mistaken belief or incorrect idea about something.
The phrase emphasizes that the belief is genuinely wrong rather than merely disputed: He labored under the false notion that hard work alone guarantees success.
False notion often appears when correcting misconceptions: Dispel the false notion that vaccines cause autism.
- misconceptionErroneous belief or understanding
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- popular mythWidespread false belief
- urban legendUnverified viral story
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
delusion · wishful thinking · fallacy · cognitive bias · error · lie · misbelief · superstition · fiction · untruth · fantasy · hoax · fake news · propaganda · misinformation · snake oil · deception · distortion
- Misconceptionsmisconception, myth, fallacy, mistaken belief, misbelief
- misunderstandingsmisunderstanding, misinterpretation, misconception, misreading, miscommunication