erroneous belief

collocation in English

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erroneous
adjective
uk
/ɪˈrəʊ.ni.əs/us
/əˈroʊ.ni.əs/
wrong ...
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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 oferroneousandbelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Again, grant that subjects hold thiserroneousbelief.
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There is anerroneousbeliefthat an incentive system will actually create investment.
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Our judgment should not be based on theerroneousbeliefthat innocent men have been hanged.
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An equal deterrent is the widespread anderroneousbeliefthat the only career for scientists is in laboratories.
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There is anerroneousbeliefin some quarters that these sports are the exclusive preserve of the leisured class.
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Some anglers avoid barbless hooks because of theerroneousbeliefthat too many fish will escape.
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It would be foolish to believe that climate protection works without anyone noticing, and that is why thaterroneousbeliefmust be abandoned.
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Our present apparent indifference may well be due to anerroneousbeliefby most people that a blindness allowance is already in existence.
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One of the things which reacts against people doing so is theerroneousbeliefthat they are going to a foreign country.
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Will he take steps to end this objectionable practice, which appears to be based on theerroneousbelief that poor people are less honest than wealthy people?
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They suffer from the illusion, and theerroneousbelief, that life is better being hemmed in by a false sense of security created by additional rules and regulations.
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Would not such a proof, where it could be given, be the very best thing to undo some of the evils which spring from anerroneousbelief?
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I would wish that to be clearly understood, so that we do not get carried away with the quiteerroneousbeliefthat everything in our current arrangements is flawed.
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As a result of that belief—it proved anerroneousbeliefin the event—they ushered in far too lax a phase 3 of their prices and incomes policy.
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The problem, of course, with any approach based on consent is the fact, which has been mentioned by several people, of the perpetrator'serroneousbeliefthat the victim consents.
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I would wish this to be clearly understood so that we do not get carried away with the quiteerroneousbeliefthat everything in our current arrangements is flawed.
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A commonerroneousbeliefis that the primary non-thermal escape mechanism is atmospheric stripping by a solar wind in the absence of a magnetosphere.
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This is due to theerroneousbeliefthat folding the leaf inwards or outwards is a way of rating the meal.
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A cognitive vulnerability in cognitive psychology is anerroneousbelief, cognitive bias, or pattern of thought that predisposes an individual to psychological problems.
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Sewers were built since the 1850s, initially based on theerroneousbeliefthat bad air (miasma theory) caused cholera and typhoid.
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