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mistheorise

mistheorise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of mistheorize.

Meaning of mistheorize

Verb

mistheorize (third-person singular simple present mistheorizes, present participle mistheorizing, simple past and past participle mistheorized)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To theorize incorrectly.
    • But then to mistheorize this for a concept of synchronization's 'greater truthfulness' is a confusion that becomes the other side of the (same) coin.2013, Peter Gidal, Materialist Film, page 28

Forms of mistheorise

third-person singular presentmistheorises
present participlemistheorising
past participlemistheorised
pastmistheorised

Origin of mistheorise

From mis- + theorise.

Questions about mistheorise

What is mistheorise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Mistheorise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of mistheorize.

Words near mistheorise in the dictionary

  1. misthanked
  2. misthanking
  3. misthanks
  4. mistheist
  5. mistheists
  6. mistheorise
  7. mistheorised
  8. mistheorises
  9. mistheorising
  10. mistheorize
  11. mistheorized

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