misascription
The act or process of misascribingThe act or process of misascribing.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)The act or process of misascribing.
Despite frequent misascription to Tycho, the work is in fact by Paul Wittich.
(uncountable, usually)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.
The idea that Tycho wrote it was a misascription.
Origin
From mis- + ascription.From mis- + ascription.
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Forms
plural: misascriptions| Singular | misascription |
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uncountable
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedmisdescription
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable