wrongmindedness

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noun

The state or quality of being wrongminded; mistaken reasoning

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Meanings

nounwrongmindedness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being wrongminded; mistaken reasoning

    No doubt he thought he had critically exposed its wrongmindedness and destroyed its claims to acceptance as a serious or coherent theory of law.

    2013, Michael H. Hoffheimer, Justice Holmes and the Natural Law, →ISBN, page 13
  2. uncountableCorruption; the state or quality of being evil or wrongminded.

    If someone attributes these miracles to Beelzebub's spirit, not through ignorance but through malice, his wrongmindedness is past hope.

    1988, Desiderius Erasmus, Erika Rummel, Paraphrase on Mark, →ISBN, page 54

Origin

From wrongminded + -ness.

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APA

wrongmindedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrongmindedness

MLA

“wrongmindedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrongmindedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wrongmindedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrongmindedness.

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