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myth noun ( FALSE IDEA )

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[C + that] disapproving a commonly believed but false idea
Statistics disprove the myth that women are worse drivers than men.

(Definition of myth noun (FALSE IDEA) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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