Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- False; not true in opinion.
- noun A false but common opinion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not true in opinion or doctrine; false.
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- adjective Not
true inopinion ordoctrine ;false . - noun A false opinion or doctrine.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek false opinion.
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The counterpart of _paradox_, the isolated opinion of one or of few, is the general opinion held by all the rest; and the counterpart of false and absurd paradox is what is called the "vulgar error," the _pseudodox_.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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