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False belief of French in soul is moving (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

delusion

'false belief' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'of french in soul is moving' is the wordplay.
'of french' becomes 'de'.
'is moving' is an anagram indicator.
'in'+'soul'='insoul'
'insoul' is an anagram of 'lusion'.
'de'+'lusion'='DELUSION'

(Other definitions for delusion that I've seen before include "False or mistaken belief" , "Unsoiled sort of hallucination" , "Misconception - deception" , "Mistaken belief in the face of contradictory evidence" , "False impression" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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