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Meaning of MISINTERPRETATION

Pronunciation:  m`is`int`urprut'eyshun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"
 
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 Synonyms: mistaking, misunderstanding
 
 See Also: imbroglio, interpretation, misconstrual, misconstruction, misreading

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mis`in*ter"pre*ta"tion\, n.
The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken
interpretation.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: 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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