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conventional/received wisdom
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the conventional/received wisdom
knowledge or information that people generally believe is true, although in fact it is often false. The conventional wisdom is that marriage makes a relationship more secure, but as the divorce rates show, this is not necessarily true.
See also: wisdom

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