WordNet
n. a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning [syn: fallacy]
Usage examples of "false belief".
A perusal of the history that we have recorded shows quite clearly that this is not so, yet adherents of this false belief will still cling to it.
He that shall hereafter see any person, who to confirm People in a false belief, about the power of Witches and Devils, pretending to a sign to confirm it, such as knocking off of invisible Chains with the hand, driving away Devils by brushing, striking with a Sword or Stick, to wound a person at a great distance, etc.
A worse threat was the Prince's obsession with marrying her in the false belief that she truly loved him.
This is often caused by the false belief that if we acknowledge risk we somehow invite or cause it to happen, and the opposite belief that if we don't acknowledge it, we prevent it from happening.