misappreciation
misappreciation noun: a failure to correctly and completely understand; an incorrect notion or belief that is a result of such a failure.
Noun
misappreciation (countable and uncountable, plural misappreciations)
- A failure to correctly and completely understand; an incorrect notion or belief that is a result of such a failure.
- It is the duty of the individual juror to strive to avoid any misappreciation of the evidence, no matter how it is represented by the barristers.
- Although he claims to be a postmodernist, his misappreciation of the philosophy is such that he still clings to the idea of absolute truth.
- Synonyms:
- misunderstanding, misapprehension, error, mistake
- An observed failure to appreciate the proper worth of a person, an act or a thing.
- "He might not have meant to ignore her," answered Isabel thoughtfully; "he might have chosen not to introduce her because he felt too proud of her to subject her to any possible misappreciation from them."1871, William Dean Howells, Their Wedding Journey
- But it is the lot of goodness and truth ever to meet with misappreciation and disdain.1909, Anna Katharine Green, The Forsaken Inn
- Synonyms:
- scorn, disdain, despisement
Examples of misappreciation in a sentence
- I accuse you rather of misappreciation than of misstatement.1849, Alexis de Tocqueville, Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Vol. 2:
- The notion that keeping half a million men in South Vietnam indefinitely was a credible posture must be one of the most laughable misappreciations of the war.1995, Alan J. Levine, The United States and the Struggle for Southeast Asia, 1945-1975, page 128:
Synonyms of misappreciation
Forms of misappreciation
| plural | misappreciations |
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Origin of misappreciation
From mis- + appreciation.
Questions about misappreciation
- What does misappreciation mean?
- Misappreciation means a failure to correctly and completely understand; an incorrect notion or belief that is a result of such a failure.
- How do you use misappreciation in a sentence?
- I accuse you rather of misappreciation than of misstatement.
- What part of speech is misappreciation?
- Misappreciation is a noun.
- What is the plural of misappreciation?
- The plural of misappreciation is misappreciations.
Words near misappreciation in the dictionary
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