Usually means: Persisting in error despite evidence.
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  1. wrong-headedness, wrong-headedness: Collins English Dictionary
  2. wrong-headedness: Wordnik
  3. wrong-headedness: Wiktionary
  4. wrong-headedness: Dictionary.com
  5. wrong-headedness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of wrongheadedness [The state of being wrongheaded.]

Similar:
mis-typing, mischaracterisation, mis-spelling, shortsightedness, hemispherity, miscolouration, disperception, miswording, bandlimitness, incompatability, more...

Opposite:
open-mindedness, flexibility, adaptability

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Similar:
mis-typing, mischaracterisation, mis-spelling, shortsightedness, hemispherity, miscolouration, disperception, miswording, bandlimitness, incompatability, more...

Opposite:
open-mindedness, flexibility, adaptability



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