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misonomy

misonomy noun: the phenomenon of being misnamed.

Noun

misonomy (uncountable)

  1. The phenomenon of being misnamed.
    • "All of this is an example of what Stephen Stigler, a contemporary historian of science, calls the law of misonomy, that nothing in mathematics is ever named after the person who discovered it.2001, David Salsburg, The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century, Henry Holt and Company, page 16

Origin of misonomy

From mis- + -onomy.

Questions about misonomy

What does misonomy mean?
Misonomy means the phenomenon of being misnamed.
What part of speech is misonomy?
Misonomy is a noun.

Words near misonomy in the dictionary

  1. misoneist
  2. misoneistic
  3. misoneistics
  4. misoneists
  5. misonidazole
  6. misonomy
  7. Misool
  8. misopaedia
  9. misopedia
  10. misopedic
  11. misopedist

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