misascription

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act or process of misascribing.
  2. The result thereof: an incorrect ascription; for example, the ascription of a quality to someone or something which does not possess it, or the ascription of a quotation to someone who did not originate it.

Word forms

misascription misascriptions

Etymology

From mis- + ascription.

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