misimagination
misimagination noun: wrong imagination; delusion.
Noun
misimagination (countable and uncountable, plural misimaginations)
- Wrong imagination; delusion.
- Vnto which their misimaginations I say, that it is not one mans worke; although it were Iulius Caesar himselfe, to reduce a whole armie into diuers forms of battle with celeritic when they are to march in the enimies Countrey, or to fight with the Enemie, but that the same must be of necessitie...1595, Sir John Smythe, Instructions, Observations, and Orders Mylitarie., page 84
- Who can without indignation look upon the prodigies which this misimagination produces in that other sex; to the shame of their husbands, the scorn of religion, the damnation of their own souls?1618, Joseph Hall, The Righteous Mammon (sermon)
Forms of misimagination
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Origin of misimagination
From mis- + imagination or misimagine + -ation.
Questions about misimagination
- What does misimagination mean?
- Misimagination means wrong imagination; delusion.
- What part of speech is misimagination?
- Misimagination is a noun.
- What is the plural of misimagination?
- The plural of misimagination is misimaginations.
Words near misimagination in the dictionary
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