preconceived idea; ide 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[obs3], misconjecture[obs3],
misconceive &c. (error) 495; fly in the face of facts; miscalculate, misreckon, miscompute.
     overestimate &c. 482; underestimate &c. 483.
     prejudge, forejudge; presuppose, presume, prejudicate[obs3];
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[obs3]; mean-spirited; confined,
illiberal, intolerant, besotted, infatuated, fanatical, entete[Fr], positive, dogmatic, conceited; opinative, opiniative[obs3]; opinioned, opinionate, opinionative, opinionated; self-opinioned, wedded to an opinion, opinitre; 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”.

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