false relation
Britishnoun
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The false relation they bear to snails is the most extraordinary thing of the kind I have ever seen.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
As for our former experience, we were in a false relation, and it made fools of us both.
From Lady Rose's Daughter by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Does this not strike you as a good case of false relation?
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin
The persistent use of the idiom of "false relation" throughout the whole piece gives it a curious interest; and the contrapuntal and harmonic devices are also quite elaborate.
From Shakespeare and Music by Christopher Wilson
It made all our explanations seem childish and untrue; the false relation was instantly exposed.
From Three More John Silence Stories by Algernon Blackwood
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