Why this word is great
PSEUDODOX — [Adjective, Noun] A false opinion or doctrine; the state of holding such a belief. From the Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, "false, lying") + δόξα (dóxa, "opinion, belief"). Unlike orthodox, which confers the solidity of sanctioned authority, or heresy, which implies a defiant schism from a creed, pseudodox is the dead ember—a belief that simply, and often unremarkably, occupies the space where truth ought to be. It is the stubborn conviction that tomatoes are vegetables, the folk remedy passed down with the force of fact, or the elegant historical anecdote repeated for generations before someone checks the primary source—each a quiet, unexamined monument to the human capacity for error, which is our only guaranteed inheritance.