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mischaracterization

/mɪsˌkæɹəktəɹ(a)ɪˈzeɪʃən/

mischaracterization noun: the act of characterizing something in an inaccurate or misleading way.

Noun

mischaracterization (plural mischaracterizations)

  1. The act of characterizing something in an inaccurate or misleading way.
    • Near-synonyms: misportrayal, misrepresentation
    • In a statement last month, Mr. Spitzer said, “No amount of distortion, scare tactics and mischaracterization will change the underlying fact that New York’s health care system is broken.”2007 March 12, Danny Hakim, “Legislature Acts to Restore Spitzer’s Cuts in Health Care”, in The New York Times

mischaracterization meaning in Bengali

mischaracterization in Bengali

ভুল চরিত্রায়ন, ভুল বর্ণনা

Synonyms of mischaracterization

Forms of mischaracterization

pluralmischaracterizations
alternative UKmischaracterisation

Origin of mischaracterization

From mischaracterize + -ation.

Questions about mischaracterization

What does mischaracterization mean?
Mischaracterization means the act of characterizing something in an inaccurate or misleading way.
What is mischaracterization in Bengali?
Mischaracterization in Bengali is ভুল চরিত্রায়ন, ভুল বর্ণনা. See Mischaracterization meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is mischaracterization?
Mischaracterization is a noun.
How do you pronounce mischaracterization?
Mischaracterization is pronounced /mɪsˌkæɹəktəɹ(a)ɪˈzeɪʃən/.
What is the plural of mischaracterization?
The plural of mischaracterization is mischaracterizations.

Words near mischaracterization in the dictionary

  1. mischaracterisations
  2. mischaracterise
  3. mischaracterised
  4. mischaracterises
  5. mischaracterising
  6. mischaracterization
  7. mischaracterizations
  8. mischaracterize
  9. mischaracterized
  10. mischaracterizes
  11. mischaracterizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mischaracterization (page history and authors); mischaracterization (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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