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WRONGNESS

• WRONGNESS (noun)
The noun WRONGNESS has 3 senses:

1. inappropriate conduct
2. contrary to conscience or morality
3. the quality of not conforming to fact or truth

Familiarity information: WRONGNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

• WRONGNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Inappropriate conduct

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

inappropriateness; wrongness

Hypernyms ("wrongness" is a kind of...):

improperness; impropriety (an improper demeanor)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Contrary to conscience or morality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("wrongness" is a kind of...):

immorality (the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct)

Antonym:

rightness (according with conscience or morality)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

The quality of not conforming to fact or truth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

incorrectness; wrongness

Hypernyms ("wrongness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wrongness"):

erroneousness; error (inadvertent incorrectness)

Antonym:

rightness (conformity to fact or truth)

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(Arabic proverb)
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(Corsican proverb)

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Meaning of impropriety
Pronunciation of rightness
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