What is another word for erroneousness?

Pronunciation: [ɛɹˈə͡ʊni͡əsnəs] (IPA)

Erroneousness is an uncommon word that means the quality of being mistaken or incorrect. Some synonyms for this term are inaccuracy, fallibility, mistake, error, faultiness, and incorrectness. The word inaccuracy refers to the lack of precision or exactness in something. Fallibility denotes the capability to make mistakes or errors in judgment. Mistake is a general term that implies an act or judgment that is not correct or accurate. Error and faultiness both refer to something that is wrong, flawed, or defective in some way. Lastly, incorrectness is a direct synonym that can be used interchangeably with erroneousness to indicate that something is not accurate or correct.

Synonyms for Erroneousness:

What are the hypernyms for Erroneousness?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • hypernyms for erroneousness (as nouns)

What are the hyponyms for Erroneousness?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

What are the opposite words for erroneousness?

The antonyms of erroneousness are accuracy, correctness, exactitude, precision, and truthfulness. Errorlessness, perfection, and flawlessness are also considered as antonyms of erroneousness. These words imply the presence of correctness and accuracy in something, excluding any possibility of deviation or mistake. Where erroneousness suggests that something is incorrect or wrong, its antonyms imply that it is right and precise. Therefore, these antonyms are commonly used in academic, scientific, and professional settings where accuracy and precision are highly valued. When communicating or presenting information, using these antonyms in place of erroneousness can help build trust, credibility, and accuracy.

Usage examples for Erroneousness

Lord John Russell, while giving a document, entitled "Materials for a Pamphlet," in which he recognizes the handwriting of Lord Loughborough, and which "contains the grounds of the opinion advanced by him, and adopted by Mr. Fox, that, from the moment the two Houses of Parliament declared the King unable to exercise his royal authority, a right to exercise that authority attached to the Prince of Wales," does not suppress his own opinion of the "erroneousness of this or any other doctrine that attributes to any individual or any constituted authority existing in the state a strict or legal right to claim or to dispose of the royal authority while the King is alive, but incapable of exercising it."
"The Constitutional History of England From 1760 to 1860"
Charles Duke Yonge
To convince him of the erroneousness of his notions, I removed him to one of our hospitals, where his leg was amputated; and he saw himself, as well as many others of his wounded comrades, treated with the same attention which was bestowed upon our own soldiers.
"The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815"
G. R. Gleig
With a double rainbow and four storms in action at once; or a wall of rain like sawn steel slowly drawing up one river while the Mazaruni remains in full sunlight; with Pegasus galloping toward the zenith at midnight and the Pleiades just clearing the Penal Settlement, I could not always keep on dissecting, or recording, or verifying the erroneousness of one of my recently formed theories.
"Edge of the Jungle"
William Beebe

Related words: erroneous, false, mistakes, in error, incorrect, incorrectness, mistake

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