N. misjudgment, obliquity of judgment, miscalculation,
miscomputation, misconception, hasty conclusion, prejudgment,
prejudication,
prejudice, foregone conclusion, prenotion,
prevention, preconception,
predilection, prepossession,
preapprehension,
presumption, assumption, presentiment, fixed idea, preconceived idea, ide fixe, mentis gratissimus error, fool's paradise, esprit de corps, party spirit,
partisanship, clannishness,
prestige,
bias,
bigotry,
warp, twist,
hobby,
fad,
quirk,
crotchet,
partiality,
infatuation, blind side, mote in the eye, 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, odium theologicum,
pedantry,
hypercriticism,
doctrinaire, overestimation, underestimation, ignorance, erroneous assumptions, erroneous data, mistaken assumptions, incorrect assumptions (error) 495
V. misjudge, misestimate, misthink, misconjecture, misconceive, fly in the face of facts,
miscalculate,
misreckon,
miscompute, overestimate, underestimate, prejudge,
forejudge, presuppose,
presume,
prejudicate,
dogmatize, have a bias, have only one idea, jurare in verba magistri, 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, get the wrong sow by the ear, give a bias, give a twist,
bias,
warp, twist,
prejudice, prepossess
Adj. misjudging, ill-judging, wrong-headed,
prejudiced,
jaundiced,
shortsighted,
purblind, partial,
one-sided, superficial,
narrow-minded, narrow-souled,
mean-spirited, confined,
illiberal,
intolerant,
besotted,
infatuated,
fanatical, entete, positive, dogmatic,
conceited,
opinative,
opiniative, opinioned,
opinionate,
opinionative,
opinionated,
self-opinioned, wedded to an opinion, opinitre,
bigoted,
crotchety,
fussy, impracticable, unreasonable,
stupid,
credulous,
warped, misjudged
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"
N. affectation, affectedness, acting a part, pretense, (ostentation) 882,
boasting,
charlatanism,
quackery, shallow profundity, pretension, airs,
pedantry,
purism,
precisianism,
euphuism,
teratology,
mannerism, simagree,
grimace,
conceit,
foppery,
dandyism, man millinery,
coxcombry,
puppyism, stiffness,
formality,
buckram,
prudery,
demureness,
coquetry, mock modesty, minauderie,
sentimentalism, mauvais honte, false shame,
affector, performer,
actor,
pedant,
pedagogue,
doctrinaire,
purist,
euphuist,
mannerist, grimacier, lump of affectation, precieuse ridicule, bas bleu, blue stocking,
poetaster,
prig,
charlatan, petit maitre,
flatterer,
coquette,
prude,
puritan V. affect, act a part, put on, give oneself airs,
boast,
coquet,
simper,
mince,
attitudinize,
pose, flirt a fan, overact,
overdo Adj. affected, full of affectation,
pretentious,
pedantic,
stilted, stagy,
theatrical, big-sounding,
ad captandum,
canting,
insincere, not natural, unnatural,
self-conscious, maniere, artificial, overwrought, overdone, overacted,
euphuist, stiff, starch, formal,
prim,
smug,
demure, tire a quatre epingles,
quakerish,
puritanical,
prudish,
pragmatical,
priggish,
conceited,
coxcomical,
foppish,
dandified,
finical,
finikin,
mincing,
simpering,
namby-pamby,
sentimental Phr. "conceit in weakest bodies strongest works"
N. vanity,
conceit,
conceitedness,
self-conceit,
self-complacency,
self-confidence,
self-sufficiency,
self-esteem, self- love, self-approbation,
self-praise, self-glorification, self-laudation,
self-gratulation,
self-applause,
self-admiration,
amour propre,
selfishness, airs, affected manner, pretensions,
mannerism,
egotism,
priggism, priggishness,
coxcombry,
gaudery,
vainglory,
elation, pride,
ostentation, assurance, vox et praeterea nihil, cheval de bataille, coxcomb sir oracle
V. be vain, be vain of, pique oneself, lay the flattering unction to one's soul, have too high an opinion of oneself, have an overweening opinion of oneself, have too high an opinion of one's talents, blind oneself as to one's own merit, not think small beer of oneself, not think vin ordinaire of oneself, put oneself forward, fish for compliments, give oneself airs,
boast, render vain, inspire with vanity,
inflate, puff up, turn up, turn one's head
Adj. vain, vain as a peacock, proud as a peacock,
conceited,
overweening,
pert, forward,
vainglorious,
high-flown,
ostentatious, puffed up, inflated,
flushed,
self-satisfied,
self-confident,
self-sufficient,
self-flattering,
self-admiring, self-applauding,
self-glorious, self-opinionated, entente, wise in one's own conceit,
pragmatical, overwise,
pretentious,
priggish,
egotistic,
egotistical,
soi-disant,
arrogant,
unabashed,
unblushing,
unconstrained,
unceremonious, free and easy
Adv. vainly
Phr. "how we apples swim!", "prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk"
