mistakenness

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the state or quality of being mistaken, erroneous, or based on a false belief

   Understanding the mistakenness of the finite analogy is the first step toward accepting infinite cardinal numbers.

Formed from mistaken + -ness. Mistaken is the past participle of mistake, originally "to take in error," from Old Norse mistaka, built from mis- ("wrongly") + taka ("to take"). The noun names the condition of a judgment or belief being wrong.

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