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MISINTERPRETATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Putting the wrong interpretation on
Example:
there was no mistaking her meaning
Synonyms:
misinterpretation; mistaking; misunderstanding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("misinterpretation" is a kind of...):
interpretation (an explanation that results from interpreting something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "misinterpretation"):
imbroglio (a very embarrassing misunderstanding)
misconstrual; misconstruction (a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately))
misreading (misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading)
Derivation:
misinterpret (interpret in the wrong way)
misinterpret (interpret wrongly)
