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  • 1False consciousness — is the Marxist thesis that material and institutional processes in capitalist society are misleading to the proletariat, and to other classes. These processes betray the true relations of forces between those classes, and the real state of… …

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  • 2False etymology — A false etymology is an assumed or postulated etymology that current consensus among scholars of historical linguistics holds to be incorrect. Many false etymologies may be described as folk etymologies , the distinction being that folk… …

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  • 3notion — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absurd, foolish, misguided, ridiculous, silly ▪ foggiest, vague ▪ I haven t the foggiest notion of how to get there …

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  • 4false — adj. 1 not true, genuine or real VERBS ▪ be, look, prove, sound ADVERB ▪ absolutely, completely, entirely, quite …

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  • 5notion — noun (C) 1 an idea, belief or opinion, especially one that is false or not very clear (+ of): misguided notions of male superiority | We haven t the faintest notion of her whereabouts. | notion that: the notion that human beings are basically… …

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  • 6On the False Earths — (Sur les Terres Truquées) Publisher Dargaud Date 1977 Series …

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  • 7Lewis Gordon — Lewis Ricardo Gordon (born 1962) is a Jamaican philosopher who works in the areas of Africana philosophy, philosophy of human and life sciences, phenomenology, philosophy of existence, social and political theory, postcolonial thought, theories… …

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  • 8List of common misconceptions — This incomplete list is not intended to be exhaustive. This is a list of current, widely held, false ideas and beliefs about notable topics which have been reported by reliable sources from around the world. Each has been discussed in published… …

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  • 9Religion and mythology — differ, but have overlapping aspects. Both terms refer to systems of concepts that are of high importance to a certain community, making statements concerning the supernatural or sacred. Generally, mythology is considered one component or aspect… …

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  • 10fallacy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. error, flaw, misconception; false meaning. Ant., truth. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An error in reasoning] Syn. inconsistency, illogicality, sophism, sophistry, casuistry, quibble, quibbling, evasion,… …

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