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Misconstruction

Misconstruction Meaning & Definition
Misconstruction Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Misconstruction?

[n] an ungrammatical constituent
[n] a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Misconstruction: misconstrual

Related Terms | Find terms related to Misconstruction: aberrancy | aberration | abuse of terms | antiphrasis | barbarism | catachresis | coloring | confabulation | contorting | corruption | defectiveness | delusion | deviancy | distortion | eisegesis | equivocation | errancy | erroneousness | error | error in judgment | exaggeration | fallaciousness | fallacy | false coloring | false swearing | falseness | falsification | falsifying | falsity | fault | faultiness | flaw | flawedness | garbling | gloss | hamartia | heresy | heterodoxy | illusion | infelicity | injudiciousness | malapropism | malentendu | malobservation | misapplication | misappreciation | misapprehension | miscalculation | miscitation | miscoloring | miscomputation | misconception | misconjecture | misdirection | misdoing | misestimation | misevaluation | misexplanation | misexplication | misexposition | misfeasance | misintelligence | misinterpretation | misjudgment | misquotation | misreading | misrendering | misrepresentation | missaying | misstatement | mistranslation | misunderstanding | misusage | misuse | misuse of words | misvaluation | peccancy | perjury | perversion | poor judgment | prevarication | self-contradiction | sin | sinfulness | skewed judgment | slanting | solecism | squeezing | straining | torturing | twisting | ungrammaticism | unorthodoxy | untrueness | untruth | untruthfulness | wrenching | wrong | wrong construction | wrong impression | wrongness

See Also | constituent | grammatical constituent | misinterpretation | mistaking | misunderstanding

Misconstruction In Webster's Dictionary

\Mis`con*struc"tion\, n. Erroneous construction; wrong interpretation. --Bp. Stillingfleet.

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