wrong-headedness
Pigheaded foolish thinking
Wrong-headedness is the quality of being stubbornly mistaken—clinging to erroneous ideas or methods despite evidence or advice to the contrary.
The word emphasizes both the error and the obstinacy: The committee's wrong-headedness on this issue has cost us months of progress.
It implies not just being wrong but persisting in wrongness.
Stubborn refusal to yield
- bullheadednessStubborn persistence despite reason
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- mulishnessUnyielding resistance to persuasion
willfulness · recalcitrance · obduracy · hardheadedness · doggedness · pertinacity · adamancy · contrariness
Erroneous belief or understanding
- fallacyError in reasoning
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
- misapprehensionIncorrect belief or understanding
- misinterpretationIncorrect understanding of meaning
miscalculation · flawed reasoning · poor judgment · false assumption · misreading · tunnel vision · blind spot · prejudice
Unyielding adherence to doctrine
- doctrinaireRigidly attached to doctrine
- closed-mindednessRefusal to consider other views
- narrow-mindednessClosed thinking, limited perspective
- fixednessState of being stationary
pigheadedness
Stubborn refusal to yield
- bullheadednessStubborn persistence despite reason
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
mulishness · willfulness · recalcitrance · obduracy · hardheadedness · doggedness · pertinacity · adamancy · contrariness · perversity
misconception
Erroneous belief or understanding
- fallacyError in reasoning
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
- misapprehensionIncorrect belief or understanding
misinterpretation · miscalculation · flawed reasoning · poor judgment · false assumption · misreading · tunnel vision · blind spot · prejudice · bias
dogmatism
Unyielding adherence to doctrine
- doctrinaireRigidly attached to doctrine
- closed-mindednessRefusal to consider other views
- narrow-mindednessClosed thinking, limited perspective
fixedness · unbendingness · blinkered · hidebound · set in one's ways
wrong-headednessright-mindedness
Soundness of moral judgment
sound judgment · good sense · sagacity · wisdom · good judgment
wrong-headednessopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
receptiveness · receptivity · intellectual humility · reasonableness · flexibility
wrong-headednessreasonableness
Quality of being fair-minded
sensibleness · level-headedness · prudence · rationality · common sense
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