misopinion

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ opinion.

Noun

misopinion (plural misopinions)

1. (obsolete) A wrong opinion.
   • 1636, John Gore (Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex.), The Way to Prosper, page 6:

     First, to convince the world of their misopinion of Gods servants.

   • 1656, William Sanderson, A compleat history of the lives and reigns of Maria queen of Scotland, And of her son and Successor James the Sixth, King of Scotland., page 102:

     He had been of good Fame and Honour in Court, accounted wise, yet he dealt in Witch-craft for revealing the future state of things, though for the general misopinion I find of the Presbyters against Judicial Astronomy, we may conceive him no otherwise liable to their idle censure therein.

   • 1808, Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt, Works: Practical works, page 69:

     When we look upon errors, we are apt, as those that see through a mist, to think them greater than they are: every fault is a crime; every misopinion, a heresy.

   • 1839, Sir William Waller, Divine Meditations Upon Several Occasions, page 38:

     Nothing but ignorance is the mother of this misopinion.