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misascription

misascription noun: the act or process of misascribing.

Noun

misascription (usually uncountable, plural misascriptions)

  1. (usually) The act or process of misascribing.
    • Despite frequent misascription to Tycho, the work is in fact by Paul Wittich.
    Synonyms:
    misattribution
  2. (usually) The result thereof: an incorrect ascription; for example, the ascription of a quality to someone or something which does not possess it, or the ascription of a quotation to someone who did not originate it.
    • The idea that Tycho wrote it was a misascription.
    Synonyms:
    misattribution

Synonyms of misascription

Forms of misascription

pluralmisascriptions

Origin of misascription

From mis- + ascription.

Questions about misascription

What does misascription mean?
Misascription means the act or process of misascribing.
What part of speech is misascription?
Misascription is a noun.
What is the plural of misascription?
The plural of misascription is misascriptions.

Words near misascription in the dictionary

  1. misascertainment
  2. misascribe
  3. misascribed
  4. misascribes
  5. misascribing
  6. misascription
  7. misascriptions
  8. misask
  9. misasked
  10. misasking
  11. misasks

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