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Noun misinterpretation has 1 sense

• misinterpretation(n = noun.communication) mistaking, misunderstanding - putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"
is a kind of interpretation
has particulars: imbroglio, misconstrual, misconstruction, misreading
Derived forms verb misinterpret₃, verb misinterpret₂

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misinterpretation

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

N misinterpretation, misapprehension, misunderstanding, misacceptation, misconstruction, misapplication, catachresis, eisegesis, cross-reading, cross-purposes, mistake, misrepresentation, perversion, exaggeration, false coloring, false construction, abuse of terms, parody, travesty, falsification, misinterpreted, untranslated, untranslatable.

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