Meaning of MISINTERPRETATION
Pronunciation: | | m`is`int`urprut'eyshun
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| 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 |
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| See Also: | | imbroglio, interpretation, misconstrual, misconstruction, misreading | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Mis`in*ter"pre*ta"tion\, n.
The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken
interpretation.
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| 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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