We found 1 definitions of false belief from 1 different sources.
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false belief - a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning | ||
fallacy | ||
misconception an incorrect conception | ||
pseudoscience an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions | ||
logical fallacy a fallacy in logical argumentation | ||
pathetic fallacy the fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; `the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy | ||
sophism, sophistry, sophistication a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone |