misinterpretation

misinterpretation
Synonyms and related words:
aberrancy, aberration, corruption, defectiveness, delusion, deviancy, distortion, errancy, erroneousness, error, error in judgment, fallaciousness, fallacy, false coloring, falseness, falsity, fault, faultiness, flaw, flawedness, hamartia, heresy, heterodoxy, illusion, injudiciousness, misapplication, misappreciation, miscalculation, miscomputation, misconjecture, misconstruction, misdirection, misdoing, misestimation, misevaluation, misfeasance, misjudgment, misreading, misrepresentation, misuse, misvaluation, peccancy, perversion, poor judgment, self-contradiction, sin, sinfulness, skewed judgment, slanting, straining, torturing, unorthodoxy, untrueness, untruth, untruthfulness, wrong, wrong construction, wrong impression, wrongness

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  • Misinterpretation — Mis in*ter pre*ta tion, n. The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • misinterpretation — index catachresis, distortion, error, fallacy, misapplication, misestimation, misjudgment Burton s Legal Thesaurus. Wi …   Law dictionary

  • misinterpretation — (n.) 1570s; see MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + INTERPRETATION (Cf. interpretation) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Misinterpretation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Misinterpretation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 misinterpretation misinterpretation misapprehension misunderstanding misacceptation| misconstruction misapplication Sgm: N 1 catachresis catachresis Sgm: N 1 eisegesis… …   English dictionary for students

  • misinterpretation — UK [ˌmɪsɪntɜː(r)prɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌmɪsɪntɜrprɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms misinterpretation : singular misinterpretation plural misinterpretations a wrong way of understanding or explaining something Make sure there can… …   English dictionary

  • misinterpretation — mis|in|ter|pre|ta|tion [ ,mısıntɜrprı teıʃn ] noun count or uncount a wrong way of understanding or explaining something: Make sure there can be no misinterpretation of what was intended. liable/open/subject to misinterpretation: It s a subtle… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • misinterpretation — misinterpret ► VERB (misinterpreted, misinterpreting) ▪ interpret wrongly. DERIVATIVES misinterpretation noun …   English terms dictionary

  • misinterpretation — noun putting the wrong interpretation on (Freq. 1) his misinterpretation of the question caused his error there was no mistaking her meaning • Syn: ↑misunderstanding, ↑mistaking • Derivationally related forms: ↑mistake …   Useful english dictionary

  • misinterpretation — noun see misinterpret …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • misinterpretation — See misinterpret. * * * …   Universalium

  • misinterpretation — noun An instance of misinterpreting …   Wiktionary

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