Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Misjudgment

Nouns
  • misjudgment, obliquity of judgment
  • miscalculation, miscomputation, misconception etc. (error) Error
  • hasty conclusion. [causes of misjudgment. Existence] prejudgment, prejudication, prejudice
  • foregone conclusion
  • prenotion, prevention, preconception, predilection, prepossession, preapprehension, presumption, assumption, presentiment
  • fixed idea, preconceived idea
  • id_ee fixe
  • fool's paradise. [causes of misjudgment. Inexistence] esprit de corps, party spirit, partisanship, clannishness, prestige. [causes of misjudgment. Substantiality] bias, bigotry, warp, twist
  • hobby, fad, quirk, crotchet, partiality, infatuation, blind side, mote in the eye. [causes of misjudgment. Unsubstantiality] 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 etc. (obstinacy) Obstinacy
  • pedantry
  • hypercriticism. doctrinaire etc. (positive) Certainty. [causes of misjudgment. Intrinsicality] overestimation etc. Overestimation
  • underestimation etc. Underestimation. [causes of misjudgment. Extrinsicality] ignorance etc. Ignorance. erroneous assumptions, erroneous data, mistaken assumptions, incorrect assumptions (error) Error.
Verbs
  • misjudge, misestimate, misthink, misconjecture, misconceive etc. (error) Error
  • fly in the face of facts
  • miscalculate, misreckon, miscompute. overestimate etc. Overestimation
  • underestimate etc. Underestimation. prejudge, forejudge
  • presuppose, presume, prejudicate
  • dogmatize
  • have a bias etc. n.
  • have only one idea
  • 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
  • get the wrong sow by the ear etc. (blunder) Unskillfulness. give a bias, give a twist
  • bias, warp, twist
  • prejudice, prepossess.
Adjectives
  • misjudging etc. v.
  • ill-judging, wrong-headed
  • prejudiced etc. v.
  • jaundiced
  • shortsighted, purblind
  • partial, one-sided, superficial. narrow-minded, narrow-souled
  • mean-spirited
  • confined, illiberal, intolerant, besotted, infatuated, fanatical, positive, dogmatic, conceited
  • opinative, opiniative
  • opinioned, opinionate, opinionative, opinionated
  • self-opinioned, wedded to an opinion, opini=atre
  • bigoted etc. (obstinate) Obstinacy
  • crotchety, fussy, impracticable
  • unreasonable, stupid etc. Imbecility. Folly
  • credulous etc. Credulity
  • warped. misjudged etc. v..
Phrases
  • 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 my mind is made up - don't bother me with the facts."