Old wives' tale
Old wives' tale noun - A false idea or belief.
Usage example: the belief that going outside with wet hair will cause you to catch cold is just an old wives' tale
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Synonyms for Old wives' tale
Sophism and old wives' tale are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sophism" instead a noun phrase "Old wives' tale".
Sophism
Sophism noun - A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone.
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Synonyms for Sophism
Old wives' tale and sophism are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Old wives' tale" instead a noun "Sophism".
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Related pairs
- notion and old wives' tale
- notion and sophism
- lie and old wives' tale
- lie and sophism
- falsehood and old wives' tale
- falsehood and sophism
- error and old wives' tale
- error and sophism
- fallacy and old wives' tale
- fallacy and sophism
- delusion and old wives' tale
- delusion and sophism
- pretense and old wives' tale
- pretense and sophism
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