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
Sophistry and old wives' tale are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sophistry" instead a noun phrase "Old wives' tale".
Sophistry
Sophistry noun - A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone.
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Synonyms for Sophistry
Old wives' tale and sophistry are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Old wives' tale" instead a noun "Sophistry".
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Related pairs
- notion and old wives' tale
- notion and sophistry
- falsehood and old wives' tale
- falsehood and sophistry
- error and old wives' tale
- error and sophistry
- fallacy and old wives' tale
- fallacy and sophistry
- delusion and old wives' tale
- delusion and sophistry
- misconception and old wives' tale
- misconception and sophistry
- illusion and old wives' tale
- illusion and sophistry
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