Misascription

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of misascribing. uncountable, usually

    "Despite frequent misascription to Tycho, the work is in fact by Paul Wittich."

  2. 2
    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. uncountable, usually

    "The idea that Tycho wrote it was a misascription."

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misattribution

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"Despite frequent misascription to Tycho, the work is in fact by Paul Wittich."

Etymology

From mis- + ascription.

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