mistaken belief

Its putative dictator, Indira Gandhi, called a free election in the mistaken belief that she would win it.

Their actions, he says, are largely explained by a mistaken belief in the idea that politics and public relations affect electoral outcomes.

Others find starting something overwhelming in the mistaken belief they have to start from scratch.

Yet the mistaken belief persists that these procedures provide an objective basis for decision making.

well-meaning but misguided teachers; a mistaken belief; mistaken identity.

Parents buy their children high-alcohol mixed drinks for parties in the mistaken belief they are introducing them to responsible drinking.

Older people may be handicapped by the mistaken belief that they are incapable of learning anything new because of their age.

Many of us suffer from the mistaken belief that nervousness automatically counts against us, but that's a fallacy.

You say we often fail to unplug under the mistaken belief that we're being more efficient.

For this reason, many male office workers go to work in appallingly loud, garish ties, in the mistaken belief that they look good.

One is a mistaken belief that foreign policy presents leaders with straightforward choices: put up or pull out in Afghanistan;