wrongmindedness

See also: wrong-mindedness

English

Etymology

wrongminded +‎ -ness

Noun

wrongmindedness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being wrongminded; mistaken reasoning
   • 2013, Michael H. Hoffheimer, Justice Holmes and the Natural Law, →ISBN, page 13:

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

2. Corruption; the state or quality of being evil or wrongminded.
   • 1988, Desiderius Erasmus, Erika Rummel, Paraphrase on Mark, →ISBN, page 54:

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