erroneousness

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His life in his own family showed the erroneousness of the assertion that a thorough devotion to learning is inconsistent with the claims of family affection.

From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various

Lieutenant Cook hath fully ascertained the erroneousness of this opinion.

From Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods by Kippis, Andrew

But in 1884 the erroneousness of the belief had not been made clear by recent experience.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur

In the "Fauna Peruana" I have explained the erroneousness of this opinion, and described the specific differences existing between the two animals.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina

In the first place, Darwin's suppositions when thus applied might lead to irreconcilable and contradictory conclusions, from which the erroneousness of the suppositions might be inferred.

From Facts and Arguments for Darwin by Muller, Fritz