the conventional wisdom



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: conventional, wisdom

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
RoldÁN-Spanish
Alisyaə-LIS-yəEnglish (Rare)
Riya-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
KatiaKAH-tyahRussian
Nirmal-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Nepali
Toma (2)TO-mah (Croatian, Serbian)Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Georgian