wrongheadedness
Perverse refusal to reason
Wrongheadedness is stubborn adherence to mistaken ideas or judgment.
The word implies not just being wrong but persisting in error despite evidence or reason: The committee's wrongheadedness on this issue has cost us months of progress.
It suggests pigheadedness combined with poor judgment—someone who is both obstinate and misguided.
Stubborn refusal to yield
- bullheadednessStubborn persistence despite reason
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- mulishnessUnyielding resistance to persuasion
obduracy · willfulness · inflexibility · hardheadedness · doggedness · pertinacity · recalcitrance · unyieldingness
Absence of good judgment
- idiocyExtreme mental deficiency
- stupidityLack of intelligence
- senselessnessAbsence of reason or purpose
- absurdityWildly illogical quality
fatuity · inanity · asininity · witlessness · brainlessness · mindlessness · doltishness · obtuseness
Erroneous belief or understanding
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
- misbeliefFalse notion held true
- misapprehensionIncorrect belief or understanding
- fallacyError in reasoning
flawed logic · poor judgment · misjudgment · misinterpretation · benighted · ill-conceived · ill-advised · misled
pigheadedness
Stubborn refusal to yield
- bullheadednessStubborn persistence despite reason
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
mulishness · obduracy · willfulness · inflexibility · hardheadedness · doggedness · pertinacity · recalcitrance · unyieldingness · immovability
folly
Absence of good judgment
- idiocyExtreme mental deficiency
- stupidityLack of intelligence
- senselessnessAbsence of reason or purpose
absurdity · fatuity · inanity · asininity · witlessness · brainlessness · mindlessness · doltishness · obtuseness · dim-wittedness
misconception
Erroneous belief or understanding
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
- misbeliefFalse notion held true
- misapprehensionIncorrect belief or understanding
fallacy · flawed logic · poor judgment · misjudgment · misinterpretation · benighted · ill-conceived · ill-advised · misled · deluded
- stubbornnessstubbornness, obstinacy, pigheadedness, bullheadedness, mulishness
wrongheadednessright-mindedness
Soundness of moral judgment
soundness · rightness · sound judgment · good judgment · correctness
wrongheadednessopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
reasonableness · flexibility · receptivity · teachability · intellectual humility
wrongheadednesswisdom
Good judgment from experience
sagacity · good judgment · discernment · prudence · judiciousness