プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
つうせつ【通説】
a common [popular] view [opinion]; a commonly-[popularly-]held opinion
通説ではシルクロードは紀元前２世紀後半に開かれた
It is commonly accepted that people began to travel along the Silk Road in the latter half of the second century B.C.
彼の発見は通説をくつがえした
His discovery disproved the commonly-held view in the field.