" wrongheadedness "

1: as in perversity, perverseness;

•  Synonyms : 

•  anal-retentiveness,

•  perverseness,

•  perversity,

•  waywardness,

•  bullheadedness,

•  doggedness,

•  hardheadedness,

•  intransigence,

•  mulishness,

•  obduracy,

•  obdurateness,

•  obstinacy,

•  obstinateness,

•  opinionatedness,

•  pertinaciousness,

•  pertinacity,

•  pigheadedness,

•  self-opinionatedness,

•  self-will,

•  stubbornness,

•  willfulness,

•  adamancy,

•  determination,

•  implacability,

•  inexorability,

•  inflexibility,

•  inveteracy,

•  perseverance,

•  persistence,

•  persistency,

•  relentlessness,

•  resolve,

•  single-mindedness,

•  steadfastness,

•  stick-to-itiveness,

•  tenaciousness,

•  tenacity,

•  firmness,

•  hardness,

•  rigor,

•  rigorousness,

•  sternness,

•  strictness,

•  narrow-mindedness,

•  rigidity,

•  rigidness,

•  bloody-mindedness,

•  cantankerousness,

•  contrariness,

•  cussedness,

•  balkiness,

•  contumacy,

•  defiance,

•  disobedience,

•  frowardness,

•  immovability,

•  immovableness,

•  insubordination,

•  intractability,

•  obstreperousness,

•  rebelliousness,

•  recalcitrance,

•  recalcitrancy,

•  refractoriness,

•  unruliness

•  Antonyms : 

•  broad-mindedness,

•  open-mindedness,

•  reasonability,

•  reasonableness,

•  receptiveness,

•  receptivity,

•  acceptance,

•  acquiescence,

•  flexibility,

•  pliability,

•  pliableness,

•  pliancy,

•  pliantness,

•  compliance,

•  docility,

•  obedience,

•  subordinateness,

•  subordination,

•  submission,

•  surrender,

•  willingness,

•  yielding,

•  slavishness,

•  subservience,

•  subserviency

1: having or showing opinions or ideas that are wrong;

  * e.g., " ... wrongheaded people "

•  Synonyms : 

•  perverse,

•  resistant,

•  balky,

•  contrary,

•  contumacious,

•  defiant,

•  disobedient,

•  froward,

•  incompliant,

•  insubordinate,

•  intractable,

•  obstreperous,

•  rebel,

•  rebellious,

•  recalcitrant,

•  recusant,

•  refractory,

•  restive,

•  ungovernable,

•  unruly,

•  untoward,

•  wayward,

•  willful,

•  noncooperative,

•  uncooperative,

•  insurgent,

•  mutinous,

•  adamant,

•  adamantine,

•  dogged,

•  hardheaded,

•  headstrong,

•  immovable,

•  implacable,

•  inflexible,

•  mulish,

•  negativistic,

•  obdurate,

•  obstinate,

•  opinionated,

•  peevish,

•  pertinacious,

•  pigheaded,

•  rigid,

•  self-willed,

•  stubborn,

•  unbending,

•  uncompromising,

•  unrelenting,

•  unyielding,

•  fractious,

•  uncontrollable,

•  unmanageable,

•  wild,

•  bad,

•  disorderly,

•  errant,

•  misbehaving,

•  mischievous,

•  monkeying,

•  monkeyish,

•  naughty,

•  undisciplined,

•  dissident,

•  nonconformist,

•  discourteous,

•  disrespectful,

•  ill-bred,

•  ill-mannered,

•  ill-natured,

•  impertinent,

•  impolite,

•  impudent,

•  inconsiderate,

•  insolent,

•  ornery,

•  rude,

•  uncivil,

•  uncouth,

•  ungracious,

•  unmannerly

•  Antonyms : 

•  acquiescent,

•  agreeable,

•  amiable,

•  cooperative,

•  deferential,

•  obliging,

•  yielding,

•  behaved,

•  disciplined,

•  well-bred,

•  courteous,

•  polite,

•  respectful,

•  kowtowing,

•  obsequious,

•  servile,

•  slavish,

•  subservient,

•  decorous,

•  mannerly,

•  orderly,

•  proper,

•  controllable,

•  governable,

•  manageable,

•  trainable,

•  amenable,

•  biddable,

•  compliant,

•  conformable,

•  docile,

•  obedient,

•  ruly,

•  submissive,

•  tractable