misbelief

 [mis-bi-leef]  

mis·be·lief

   [mis-bi-leef]
noun
1.
erroneous belief; false opinion.
2.
erroneous or unorthodox religious belief.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English; see mis-1, belief

Can be confused: disbelief, misbelief, unbelief.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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misbelief (ˌmɪsbɪˈliːf)
 
—n
a false or unorthodox belief

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