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misattribution

misattribution noun: the act or process of misattributing.

Noun

misattribution (countable and uncountable, plural misattributions)

  1. The act or process of misattributing.
    Synonyms:
    misascription
  2. An incorrect attribution.
    • the misattribution of Shakespeare's plays to Francis Bacon
    Synonyms:
    misascription

Synonyms of misattribution

Forms of misattribution

pluralmisattributions

Origin of misattribution

From mis- + attribution.

Questions about misattribution

What does misattribution mean?
Misattribution means the act or process of misattributing.
What part of speech is misattribution?
Misattribution is a noun.
What is the plural of misattribution?
The plural of misattribution is misattributions.

Words near misattribution in the dictionary

  1. misattends
  2. misattribute
  3. misattributed
  4. misattributes
  5. misattributing
  6. misattribution
  7. misattributions
  8. misattune
  9. misattuned
  10. misattunement
  11. misattunements

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misattribution (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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