factoid

noun

Definition of factoidnext
as in misconception

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Recent Examples of factoid Dallas Mavericks fans will want to avert their eyes for this last factoid. — Megan Armstrong, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026 The decades-old factoid resurfaced recently because of a New York Magazine profile of Ellison’s son, David Ellison, the chair and CEO of Paramount-Skydance Corporation. — Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026 That’s one of many factoids included in the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s most recent Urban Mobility Report, which has been released periodically since 1987. — Alex Driggars, Austin American Statesman, 14 Nov. 2025 Apologies for any churlishness, but those in and around the club will be relieved to have removed an annoying factoid from Amorim’s 11-month tenure. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for factoid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for factoid
  1. misconception
  2. myth
  3. superstition
  4. fallacy
  5. error
  6. fiction
  7. untruth
  8. delusion
Noun
  • Having lice doesn’t indicate poor hygiene, despite a long-standing misconception driven by stigma, and lice don’t spread other diseases.
    — Emily J. C. Wong, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Perhaps her biggest challenge is combating the misconception that cystic fibrosis has been cured, which stifles investment into new treatments.
    — Gerry Smith, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of misconception
Noun
  • Yaga reimagines the myth of Baba Yaga, set in a coastal town.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Dante populated his realms of Hell and Purgatory with figures, monsters and moral frameworks borrowed directly from classical Greek and Roman myths.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of myth
Noun
  • And while a blue ribbon sewn into a wedding dress might satisfy the superstition, a sapphire or aquamarine is considerably more tempting.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2026
  • To most people in 1692, though, witchcraft wasn’t superstition.
    — Jennifer Byrne, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of superstition
Noun
  • It’s called the lump of labor fallacy, that all labor is just a lump that cannot move.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Psychologists call this the planning fallacy, and the research is unforgiving.
    — Andy Molinsky, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of fallacy
Noun
  • Someone who visits the malicious website directly may see a 404 error page instead of the fake installer.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The experts, who had all studied AI in academic settings, all brought up the ironies of the automation problem, where AI makes errors that humans can’t catch.
    — Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of error
Noun
  • Forty-five films are selected for the fiction shortlist including Cannes 2026 Palme d’Or winner Fjord, Venice Golden Lion winner Woman Unknown and awards season frontrunners such as La Bola Negra and Coward.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Professor Dixon’s emails were just like his fiction writing—intimate and full of quotidian details.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of fiction
Noun
  • Cassidy warns against 'feeding into untruths' Cassidy later asked Saphier whether a parent should vaccinate their child with the MMR.
    — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2026
  • God is the infinite Mind that naturally causes each individual to know right from wrong, truth from untruth, and most importantly, reality from unreality.
    — Suzanne Riedel, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
Definition of untruth
Noun
  • In a number of wrongful death lawsuits, ChatGPT is blamed for driving users to experience harmful delusions and, in some cases, to commit suicide.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
  • But a line like that also fleshes out the head-in-the-stratosphere delusions of everyone here.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of delusion

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“Factoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factoid. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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