false belief

Questions about false belief

What is another word for false belief?

It depends which false belief you mean. In the sense “a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning”, the synonyms are fallacy. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of false belief?

WordNet records no antonym for false belief. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for false belief come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of false belief

• Full entry for false beliefAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for false beliefWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.