noun
Etymology
Origin of misbelief
Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at mis- 1, belief
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It is a common misbelief that Toyko G.C. was designed by C.H.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 14, 2020
Studies on the psychology of vaccination indicate that “education reduced misbelief, but it also reduced the likelihood that people already uneasy about the vaccine would plan to get it.”
From Time ● Oct. 22, 2015
I'm only interested in looking back now because I have this misbelief about my life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Millard was angry at he knew not what—at whatever thing human or supernal had bound this burden of misbelief upon so noble a soul as Phillida's.
From The Faith Doctor A Story of New York by Edward Eggleston
And then, on the general question of attaching civil penalties to religious misbelief, he uttered a passage which no one who heard it can forget.
From Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography by George William Erskine Russell
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