Definitions
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- noun Erroneousness.
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- noun The state or condition of being
mistaken .
Etymologies
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Examples
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One has to have a philosophy and to claim otherwise is sheer ¦. mistakenness.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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One has to have a philosophy and to claim otherwise is sheer …. mistakenness.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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So part of the ‘mistakenness’ depends on how you define species.
"Intraspecific macroevolution" within domestic dog breeds - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Mostly just a lot of angry Indians, fog, and rain, and half a century of a [profound] sense of mistakenness.
New Fiction Joseph O'Neil 2007
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Mostly just a lot of angry Indians, fog, and rain, and half a century of a [profound] sense of mistakenness.
New Fiction Joseph O'Neil 2007
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The phenomena that arise due to this process of ignorance appear to exist inherently, but they do not, and thus are a city of mistakenness.
Mind Of Clear Light His Holiness the Dalai Lama 2003
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The third group involves a weak movement of wind to its objects—seven conceptions, which are forgetfulness, mistakenness as in apprehending water in a mirage, catatonia, depression, laziness, doubt, and equal desire and hatred.
Mind Of Clear Light His Holiness the Dalai Lama 2003
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The phenomena that arise due to this process of ignorance appear to exist inherently, but they do not, and thus are a city of mistakenness.
Mind Of Clear Light His Holiness the Dalai Lama 2003
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The phenomena that arise due to this process of ignorance appear to exist inherently, but they do not, and thus are a city of mistakenness.
Mind Of Clear Light His Holiness the Dalai Lama 2003
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The third group involves a weak movement of wind to its objects—seven conceptions, which are forgetfulness, mistakenness as in apprehending water in a mirage, catatonia, depression, laziness, doubt, and equal desire and hatred.
Mind Of Clear Light His Holiness the Dalai Lama 2003
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