Misjudgment
Misjudgment
#481. Misjudgment. -- N. misjudgment, obliquity of judgment;
miscalculation, miscomputation, misconception &c. (error) 495; hasty
conclusion.
- [causes of misjudgment. 1] prejudgment, prejudication[obs],
prejudice; foregone conclusion; prenotion[obs], prevention, preconception,
predilection, prepossession, preapprehension[obs], presumption,
assumption, presentiment; fixed idea, preconceived idea; idee fixe; mentis
gratissimus error[Lat]; fool's paradise.
- [causes of misjudgment.2] esprit de corps, party spirit, partisanship,
clannishness, prestige.
- [causes of misjudgment. 3] bias, bigotry, warp, twist; hobby, fad,
quirk, crotchet, partiality, infatuation, blind side, mote in the eye.
- [causes of misjudgment. 4] one-sided views, one-track mind, partial
views, narrow views, confined views, superficial views, one-sided ideas,
partial ideas, narrow ideas, confined ideas, superficial ideas, one-sided
conceptions, partial conceptions, narrow conceptions, confined conceptions,
superficial conceptions, one-sided notions, partial notions, narrow
notions, confined notions, superficial notions; narrow mind; bigotry &c.
(obstinacy) 606; odium theologicum[Lat]; pedantry; hypercriticism.
- doctrinaire &c. (positive) 474.
- [causes of misjudgment. 5] overestimation &c. 482; underestimation &c.
483.
- [causes of misjudgment. 6] ignorance &c. 491. erroneous
assumptions, erroneous data, mistaken assumptions, incorrect assumptions
(error) 495.
- V. misjudge, misestimate, misthink[obs], misconjecture[obs],
misconceive &c. (error) 495; fly in the face of facts; miscalculate,
misreckon, miscompute.
- overestimate &c. 482; underestimate &c. 483.
- prejudge, forejudge; presuppose, presume, prejudicate[obs];
dogmatize; have a bias &c. n.; have only one idea; jurare in verba
magistri[Lat], run away with the notion; jump to a conclusion, rush to a
conclusion, leap to a conclusion, judge hastily, shoot from the hip, jump
to conclusions; look only at one side of the shield; view with jaundiced
eye, view through distorting spectacles; not see beyond one's nose; dare
pondus fumo[Lat]; get the wrong sow by the ear &c. (blunder) 699.
- give a bias, give a twist; bias, warp, twist; prejudice, prepossess.
- Adj. misjudging &c. v.; ill-judging, wrong-headed; prejudiced &c. v.;
jaundiced; shortsighted, purblind; partial, one-sided, superficial.
- narrow-minded, narrow-souled[obs]; mean-spirited; confined,
illiberal, intolerant, besotted, infatuated, fanatical, entete[Fr],
positive, dogmatic, conceited; opinative, opiniative[obs]; opinioned,
opinionate, opinionative, opinionated; self-opinioned, wedded to an
opinion, opiniaetre; bigoted &c. (obstinate) 606; crotchety, fussy,
impracticable; unreasonable, stupid &c. 499; credulous &c. 486; warped.
- misjudged &c. v.
- Adv. ex parte[Lat].
- Phr. nothing like leather; the wish the father to the thought; wishful
thinking; unshakable conviction; "my mind is made up - don't bother me with
the facts".