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misinvocation

misinvocation noun: an invalid invocation.

Noun

misinvocation (countable and uncountable, plural misinvocations)

  1. An invalid invocation.
    • If the circumstances are not in order, the uttering of a performative is a “misinvocation" and the act is disallowed.1968, James H. Olthuis, Facts, Values and Ethics, page 146
    • To rationalize their self-validating procedure, they even misinvoke Thomas Kuhn's notion of "normal science,” apparently unaware that a like misinvocation could even legitimate exorcism and other forms of sheer quackery.1993, Adolf Grünbaum, Validation in the Clinical Theory of Psychoanalysis, page 222

Forms of misinvocation

pluralmisinvocations

Origin of misinvocation

From mis- + invocation.

Questions about misinvocation

What does misinvocation mean?
Misinvocation means an invalid invocation.
What part of speech is misinvocation?
Misinvocation is a noun.
What is the plural of misinvocation?
The plural of misinvocation is misinvocations.

Words near misinvocation in the dictionary

  1. misinvested
  2. misinvesting
  3. misinvestment
  4. misinvestments
  5. misinvests
  6. misinvocation
  7. misinvocations
  8. misinvoice
  9. misinvoiced
  10. misinvoices
  11. misinvoicing

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