What is a false notion or conception; a fallacy. Bacon. The idols of preconceived opinion. Coleridge called?
idol — A false notion or conception; a fallacy. Bacon. The idols of preconceived opinion. Coleridge. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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