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misnaming

misnaming

6.0
Using the wrong name for someone or something
  • noun
  • /ˌmɪsˈneɪmɪŋ/
translation icon : mala denominación
  • The misnaming of the playing field caused confusion among the fans who were expecting the game to be held at the correct location.

That's when misnaming this relief as joy.

Examples

  • Another contradiction is the deliberate misnaming of images by Poitras and Magor as if they were testing the viewer's knowledge of Curtis's photographs and titles.

    Academic text (2004)

  • This document attempts to correct the misnaming of the country, an error committed primarily by Europeans.

    Academic text (2007)

  • This joining of violence and coercive misnaming is itself a signature of the Punch show and returns throughout the play.

    Academic text (1995)

  • So it's happening in the Galaxy, but the Galaxy, as it turns out, is a little bit misnamed because it's really a solar system.

  • It is the nature of the object of desire to be misnamed precisely because it has no one name.

  • You know, he's been misnaming people, but I don't like the argument that, well, at least under Biden, America is safer.

  • You know, he's been misnaming people, but I don't like the argument that, well, at least under Biden, America is safer.

  • This may be a game she plays to tease the viewer, or she may assume the viewers do not know the proper tribal identification, and this misnaming indicates a trick she is playing on the unaware or unobservant viewer.

    Academic text (2004)

  • I understand Brewers fans being miffed that the name of their hometown was off the jersey for a few years (heck, due to the misnaming of my team, there's never been an MLB jersey with "Denver" on it), but the town name simply doesn't belong on a home set.

    Blog text (26)

  • Her frequent misnaming of the artist's work showed her lack of familiarity with contemporary art.

Synonyms

misidentification
vsmisnaming
3 6.7

A mistake when someone identifies the wrong person or object

is specifically using an incorrect or inappropriate name

How Correct

naming
15 2.1
misnaming
6.0

Surface Forms

misnaming singular
misnamings plural

Morphology

misnaming = misname (transparent) = mis + name + ing

Formed by the verb 'misname' + '-ing'; 'mis-' (wrongly) and 'name' are common and the gerundial '-ing' is regular.

Etymology

The word misnaming comes from the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and the word name, so it literally means 'wrong naming'. Like in mistake, mis- shows an error, which is why misnaming is using the wrong or an inappropriate name for someone or something.