misopinion

plural misopinions

1. obsoleteA wrong opinion.

   Nothing but ignorance is the mother of this misopinion.

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

   3 more examples

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

   1636, John Gore (Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex.), The Way to Prosper, page 6

   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.

   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

   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.

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