false belief
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
Types & categories
- misconception hypernym
- pseudoscience hyponym
- logical fallacy hyponym
- pathetic fallacy hyponym
- sophism hyponym
- paralogism hyponym
Related & opposite
- fallacious derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fallacious |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | misconception |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pseudoscience |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | logical fallacy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pathetic fallacy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sophism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | paralogism |