misquotation
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- noun
- /ˌmɪsˈkwoʊteɪʃən/
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cita incorrecta
- The author apologized for the misquotation in his book, clarifying what the historical figure actually said.
Examples
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It has been 50 years since the greatest misquotation of the Cold War.
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My response to nearly all misquotation is the effective retort of preference: utter silence.
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Before that, I want to correct my misquotation from the short tone by Dorothy Parker that I mentioned last week.
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Where are these misquotations covered?
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Now we move on to another very, very famous quote that actually turns out to be a misquotation of Cicero.
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It took a lot of outright misquotation for them to be able to do it.
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But when we look for the proof of these statements, we find they rest on misconception, misrepresentation, or misquotation.
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Misinterpretations, misquotations, or outright lies can race around the globe, while facts and truth seem to travel more slowly.
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Honorable intellectual disagreement should always be addressed; misquotation should be ignored when possible and politically practical.
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We've now seen the Romney campaign make hay out of three wild misquotations:
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Synonyms
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5.8
An incorrect statement that gives the wrong facts
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5.6
A wrong quote that does not match what someone said
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Etymology
Misquotation starts with mis-, which means 'wrong' and appears in words like mistake, and ends with quotation, from quote, which means 'to repeat someone's exact words'. So a misquotation is simply a 'wrong quote', saying or printing someone else's words incorrectly.