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. parsimony, parcity|,
parsimoniousness,
stinginess,
stint,
illiberality,
tenacity,
avarice,
greed,
miser,
niggard,
churl, screw,
skinflint,
crib,
codger,
muckworm,
scrimp,
lickpenny,
hunks,
curmudgeon,
harpagon,
harpy,
extortioner,
jew,
usurer,
hessian, pinch fist, pinch penny
V. be parsimonious,
grudge,
begrudge,
stint,
pinch,
gripe, screw, dole out, hold back,
withhold,
starve,
famish, live upon nothing, skin a flint, drive a bargain, drive a hard bargain,
cheapen, beat down, stop one hole in a sieve, have an itching palm,
grasp,
grab Adj. parsimonious,
penurious,
stingy,
miserly, mean,
shabby,
peddling,
scrubby, penny wise, near,
niggardly, close, fast handed, close handed, strait handed, close fisted, hard fisted, tight fisted,
tight,
sparing,
chary,
grudging,
griping,
illiberal, ungenerous,
churlish,
hidebound,
sordid,
mercenary,
venal,
covetous,
usurious,
avaricious,
greedy,
extortionate,
rapacious Adv. with a sparing hand
Phr. desunt inopioe multa avaritiae omnia, "hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill", "the unsunn'd heaps of miser's treasures", words relating to the sentiment and moral powers
N. selfishness,
self-love, self- indulgence,
self-worship,
self-interest,
egotism,
egoism,
amour propre,
&c. (vanity) 880,
nepotism,
worldliness, world wisdom,
illiberality, meanness,
time-pleaser,
time-server, tuft-hunter,
fortune-hunter,
jobber,
worldling,
egotist,
egoist,
monopolist,
nepotist, dog in the manger, charity that begins at home, canis in praesepi, "foes to nobleness," temporizer,
trimmer V. be selfish, please oneself, indulge oneself, coddle oneself, consult one's own wishes, consult one's own pleasure, look after one's own interest, feather one's nest, take care of number one, have an eye to the main chance, know on which side one's bread is buttered, give an inch and take an ell
Adj. selfish,
self-seeking,
self-indulgent,
self-interested, self- centered, wrapped up in self, wrapt up in self, centered in self,
egotistic,
egotistical,
egoistical,
illiberal, mean, ungenerous,
narrow-minded,
mercenary,
venal,
covetous, unspiritual, earthly,
earthly-minded,
mundane, worldly, worldly- minded, worldly-wise,
timeserving, interested, alieni appetens sui profusus
Adv. ungenerously, to gain some private ends, from interested motives
Phr. apres nous le deluge
