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misinterpretation

misinterpretation noun: an instance of misinterpreting.

Noun

misinterpretation (countable and uncountable, plural misinterpretations)

  1. An instance of misinterpreting.
    • Charmed as was De Brooke at the outward effects of his Rosilia's sensibility, yet at the same time pained at the situation of his child, conscious that she attracted all eyes upon her, and fearful also of the misinterpretation of affectation or weakness given to it by her ladyship, he looked at his...1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 78–79

misinterpretation meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

misinterpretation in Tamil

தவறாகப் பொருள்கொள்ளல், தவறான விளக்கம்

misinterpretation in Urdu

غلط تعبیر, غلط تفسیر

misinterpretation in Bengali

misinterpretation, misexplanation, wrong explanation
অপব্যাখ্যা opobbakkha

Forms of misinterpretation

pluralmisinterpretations
alternative Early Modern (obsolete)misseinterpretacion

Plural of misinterpretation: misinterpretations

Origin of misinterpretation

From mis- + interpretation or misinterpret + -ation.

Questions about misinterpretation

What does misinterpretation mean?
Misinterpretation means an instance of misinterpreting.
What is misinterpretation in Tamil?
Misinterpretation in Tamil is தவறாகப் பொருள்கொள்ளல், தவறான விளக்கம். See Misinterpretation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is misinterpretation?
Misinterpretation is a noun.
What is the plural of misinterpretation?
The plural of misinterpretation is misinterpretations.

Words near misinterpretation in the dictionary

  1. misinterpolates
  2. misinterpolating
  3. misinterpret
  4. misinterpretability
  5. misinterpretable
  6. misinterpretation
  7. misinterpretations
  8. misinterpreted
  9. misinterpreter
  10. misinterpreters
  11. misinterpreting

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: misinterpretation (page history and authors); misinterpretation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misinterpretation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অপব্যাখ্যা (Bengali) (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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