Definitions

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  • noun Erroneousness.

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  • noun The state or condition of being mistaken.

Etymologies

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mistaken +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • One has to have a philosophy and to claim otherwise is sheer ¦. mistakenness.

    Bunny and a Book 2008

  • One has to have a philosophy and to claim otherwise is sheer …. mistakenness.

    Bunny and a Book 2008

  • So part of the ‘mistakenness’ depends on how you define species.

    "Intraspecific macroevolution" within domestic dog breeds - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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