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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Asma	-	Arabic
Mostafa	-	Arabic
Acacius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Sosigenes	-	Ancient Greek
Sorina	-	Romanian
Priscilla	pri-SIL-ə (English), pree-SHEEL-lah (Italian)	English, French, Italian, Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin, Biblical