mistaken belief
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmistakenandbelief
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mistaken
adjective
uk/mɪˈsteɪ.kən/us/mɪˈsteɪ.kən/
wrong in what you believe, or based on a belief that ...
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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 ofmistakenandbelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Socialist planning is founded upon amistakenbeliefin the omnipotence of reason.
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The bad idea was themistakenbeliefthat the granularity of laziness should be as fine as possible.
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I have two examples of such amistakenbelief.
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The fundamental and fatal error of alchemy and incantation consists in themistakenbeliefthat these proportions can be reproduced in the laboratory or in the field.
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The prominence given to progressive aspect in textbooks seems to be based on themistakenbeliefthat it is fundamentally important to communication, at least in conversation.
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I did so in the genuine thoughmistakenbeliefthat it was necessary.
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It is amistakenbeliefthat we can reform human behaviour by reforming law.
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Their philosophy is based on themistakenbeliefthat competition will automatically result in efficiency.
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They do so in themistakenbeliefthat it is less likely to lead to dependency.
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There is also amistakenbeliefthat workplace nurseries are provided only for single parents.
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Thismistakenbeliefwas doubtless part of the reason for the use of force being rejected.
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He converted the country to the quitemistakenbeliefthat there was an insurance scheme.
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They are only supported by thismistakenbeliefand it is a belief which has to be denied.
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That is based upon theirmistakenbeliefthat if you have ballots you get moderates coming to victory.
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Work was put in hand in themistakenbeliefthat approvals had been obtained when the proposal was mooted earlier.
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I am afraid there is amistakenbeliefamong lorry drivers that super-injection means extra power.
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Let us not sit here in themistakenbeliefthat on this issue we represent the views of our constituents.
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This is simply pulling up one's policy by the bootstraps in themistakenbeliefthat utterance will become reality.
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For that reason, some people to this day take sustenance from themistakenbeliefthat force can achieve political change.
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They did these things in themistakenbeliefthat it would enable them to have a good time.
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In the 1960s and 1970s there was amistakenbeliefthat better building meant more control and more regulation.
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That independence will be lost by imposing rigid government control in themistakenbeliefthat it will create competition.
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There is the would-be receiver—the person who handles or attempts to handle goods in themistakenbeliefthat they are stolen.
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In themistakenbeliefthat panic represented decisiveness, they decided to go for seven bands and that was the end of the consultation process.
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