ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

481. Misjudgment -- N. misjudgment, obliquity of judgment; 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;
id_ee 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, opini=atre; 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.
482. Overestimation -- N. overestimation &c v.; exaggeration &c 549; vanity &c 880;
optimism, pessimism, pessimist.