Malobservation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An erroneous observation.

    "the cause of failure be malobservation, or simple nonobservation, and whether the malobservation be direct, or by means of intermediate marks which do not prove what they are supposed to prove."

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distortionerrorglossmisapplicationmisapprehensionmisconception

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"the cause of failure be malobservation, or simple nonobservation, and whether the malobservation be direct, or by means of intermediate marks which do not prove what they are supposed to prove."

Etymology

From mal- + observation.

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