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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.

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There are many scientists who fear to lose their posts if they were honest about it, but there is a growing body of scientists who are extremely sceptical of the received wisdom that has been standard teaching in our schools for decades. Letter: Scientists do doubt evolution by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) 50 Paperback Indigenous Americas series; 7 E98 Brooks (history, literature, folklore and mythology, Harvard) revises much of the received wisdom concerning Northeastern Native Americans and literacy. The common pot; the recovery of native space in the Northeast by Reference & Research Book News The received wisdom is that Zaffaran's progeny relish soft going conditions - an impression confirmed by the likes of Beau, Frantic Tan and Heltornic, who triumphed in valuable handicap chases in bog-like ground. Zaffaran legacy maintains staying power; TRADING POST Sire in focus ... by The Racing Post (London, England)			the party is over the path of least resistance the patience of Job saint the patter of tiny feet the pearly gates the pedal to the metal The pen is mightier than the sword the penny drops the pick of the picture of the pièce de résistance the pink pound the plot thickens the point of no return the pot calling the kettle black the power behind the throne the powers that be the primrose path the prodigal son the promised land the proof of the pudding The proof of the pudding is in the eating the pros and cons the rank and file the real McCoy the received wisdom the red-light district the rest is history The road to hell is paved with good intentions the roof caves in the rot sets in the rough and tumble of the rub of the green the salt of the earth the same old same old the same old thing the same to you The scales fall from eyes the school of hard knocks the scum of the earth the seven year itch the shape of things to come the sharp end the shit hits the fan the shit out of the shock of life the shoe is on the other foot The show must go on the silent majority the silly season the silver screen			The Real Tuesday Weld The Real Untouchables The Real World The Real World (disambiguation) The Real World (disambiguation) The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus The Realist-Formalist Debate The Realist-Formalist Debate The Realist-Formalist Debate The Realist-Formalist Debate The Reality Check The Really Easy Statistics Site The Really Nasty Horse Racing Game The Realm of Adventurers The Realm of Sailor Energy The Realty Connection Calif The Reaper The Reaper The Rear Exhaust The rearguard The Reason Is Obvious The Reasonable Person The Reasonable Person The Reasonable Person The Reasonable Person The Reasonable Person The Rebel Alliance The Reborn Babies Artist Guild The Receivables Exchange the received wisdom The Receiving End of Sirens The recent unpleasantness with the North The recent unpleasantness with the North The Reciprocal Alliance the Reconstruction the Reconstruction the Reconstruction the Reconstruction The Reconstructive Memory Project The Record Machine The Recorder The Recorder The Recorder The Recorder The Red Army The Red Baron The Red Chord The Red Dean of Canterbury The Red Devils The Red Devils The Red Eminence The Red Eminence The Red Ferret Journal The red flag The red flag The red flag The Red Hot Chili Peppers (album) The Red in the Sky Is Ours The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus The Red Light District

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the conventional wisdom (redirected from the received wisdom)

the conventional wisdom
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