WRONGNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wrongness mean? 

• 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.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WRONGNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

inappropriate (not in keeping with what is correct or proper)

Sense 2

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)

Derivation:

wrong (contrary to conscience or morality or law)

Sense 3

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)

Derivation:

wrong (not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth)

wrong (based on or acting or judging in error)