popular belief
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpopularandbelief
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popular
adjective
uk/ˈpɒp.jə.lər/us/ˈpɑː.pjə.lɚ/
liked, enjoyed, or supported by ...
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belief
noun[C or S or U]
uk/bɪˈliːf/us/bɪˈliːf/
the feeling of being certain that something exists or ...
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(Definition ofpopularandbelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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First, the survey revealed apopularbeliefin individual responsibility.
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However, contrary topopularbelief, these two theory types do not exhaust available options.
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Despitepopularbelief, the widespread experience of grandparenthood is a recent phenomenon.
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There was apopularbeliefthat people ' born under a caul ' had prophetic powers.
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Contrary topopularbelief, elderly people are often anxious to look attractive.
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In some quarters, it is apopularbeliefthat macroeconomics is less scientific than micro and less to be admired.
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Thispopularbeliefof scientists about the lack of consumer knowledge has been addressed in many studies18,19.
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Contrary topopularbelief, we do not tax profits.
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Contrary topopularbelief, greyhounds are suitable as pets.
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Contrary topopularbelief, parliamentary counsel are human beings.
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Contrary topopularbelief, it is not yet there.
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Contrary topopularbelief, it is an astonishingly unsophisticated business.
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Contrary topopularbelief, this has been a good debate.
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As we have seen, according topopularbelief, they all came from the same family and there were much social interaction and inter-marriage among them.
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Popularbeliefheld that rivers were inhabited by demons and spirits who took physical form as dragons, snakes, or other strange water creatures.
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According to apopularbelief, blood that was lost decreased an individual's strength, produced sterility in men, and was never recovered.
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A correctly conceived study ofpopularbeliefand culture should, on the contrary, act as a device for exposing false institutions and corruption.
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Contrary topopularbelief, admission to residential care proved less costly than community care when informal inputs were taken into account.
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But it is surely implausible to suggest that theological and institutional controversy had no impact one way or the other on the contours ofpopularbelief.
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Their reluctance was reinforced by thepopularbeliefthat trading on the black market, unless done at extortionate rates, was not a crime, whatever the legal code said.
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Here, certainly, was an engagement withpopularbeliefand legend, but one that tamed it, explained it, and gave it an entirely new frame of reference.
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In such works,popularbeliefchange techniques, normally inapplicable for ontology representation languages, are being modified so as to be able to deal with ontologies and ontology evolution.
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That is thepopularbelief.
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Contrary topopularbelief, it is not easy to control public spending.
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