wrong-headedness

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wrong-head·ed (rông

d, r

adj.

Stubbornly defiant of what is right or reasonable; obstinately perverse in judgment or opinion.

wrong-headed·ly adv.

wrong-headed·ness n.

Translations

wrong-headedness [ˈrɒŋˈhedɪdnɪs] N → obcecación f

wrong-headedness

n → Verbohrtheit f

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perversity

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They were--she saw it clearly--Journalism; her father, with all his defects and wrong-headedness, had been Literature, and had he lived, he would have persuaded his daughter rightly.

Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context

that would account for the utter inanity and wrong-headedness of the thing.

The Secret Agent by Conrad, Joseph View in context

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