miscalculation, miscomputation, misconception &c (error) 495; hasty
conclusion.
[causes of misjudgment. 1] prejudgment, prejudication†, prejudice;
foregone conclusion; prenotion†, prevention, preconception,
predilection, prepossession, preapprehension†, presumption, assumption,
presentiment; fixed idea, preconceived idea; idée 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†, misconjecture†, misconceive &c
(error) 495; fly in the face of facts; miscalculate, misreckon,
miscompute.
overestimate &c 482; underestimate &c 483.
prejudge, forejudge; presuppose, presume, prejudicate†; 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†; mean-spirited; confined, illiberal,
intolerant, besotted, infatuated, fanatical, entete [Fr.], positive,
dogmatic, conceited; opinative, opiniative†; opinioned, opinionate,
opinionative, opinionated; self-opinioned, wedded to an opinion,
opiniâtre; 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.