erroneousness

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The erroneousness of the popular belief, that Darnley, during the whole of this time, resided in a citizen’s house in the town of Stirling, is more deserving of being pointed out and corrected.

From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) by Bell, Henry Glassford

Thus, as long as artificial tests of spirituality are allowed to exist, their erroneousness is not easily exposed by the mere wear and tear of life.

From Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed by Newman, Francis William

I give no opinion as to the accuracy or erroneousness of this view.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

I will only point out the erroneousness of the popular view, that Greek portraits were conventional and uninteresting; and that it was the Romans who introduced individuality into portraiture.

From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by Livingstone, R.W.

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