The phrase "a commonly held perception" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a belief or opinion that is widely accepted by a group of people.
Example: "There is a commonly held perception that success is solely determined by hard work, but many factors contribute to it."
Alternatives: "a widely accepted belief" or "a prevalent viewpoint".
The study also built on a commonly held perception about memory.
He said: "Although there's a commonly held perception that poor quality student housing is a rite of passage, it is both disgusting and unacceptable that students should live in vermin infested housing in this day and age".
A commonly held perception is that dreaming and following our dreams are for the young.
There is a commonly held perception that women typically are not involved in farming and agricultural activities (McDuffie 1994).
A commonly held perception across community members was that hormonal methods induce side effects such as excessive bleeding, which leads to laziness.
It is a commonly held perception that once started on HD, the patients have a tendency to continue with this modality and there are a significantly lower number of patients treated with PD than HD even after clinical stabilisation in unplanned dialysis starters [ 25].
However, there is an incorrect but commonly held perception that streamlines cannot be used for gas reservoirs.
One of the biggest hurdles to better security is the commonly held perception that it takes a lot of time to implement security best practices.
This is the commonly held perception that the world is inherently a perverse place; in other words, if something can go wrong, it will.
The commonly held perception that high conductivity in conducting polymers is linked to a high level of π-stacking order in the material is shown here to be of lesser importance in highly conducting poly 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (poly 3,4-ethylenedioxythiopheneby chemical vaPEDT phase polymerisation.
But while many chose to highlight the most immediate finding, that 4 in 10 women between the ages of 15 and 44 are currently married, demographers who sifted through the numbers said the longer-term trend – that most women eventually still do marry — was more surprising, as it challenged the now commonly held perception that marriage is disappearing.
