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old wives' talenoun a false idea or beliefthe belief that going outside with wet hair will cause you to catch cold is just an old wives' tale delusion, error, fallacy, falsehood, falsity, hallucination, illusion, misbelief, misconception, myth, untruth factoidsuperstitionfiction, pretense(or pretence)distortion, inaccuracy, misapprehension, miscomprehension, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misperception, misunderstandingmisinformation, misknowledge, misreport, misrepresentation, misstatementsophism, sophistryfib, half-truth, lie, story, tale truth, verity in 1572 |