misascriptions

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