What does "misattribution" mean?

The act or process of misattributing.

What is a synonym for "misattribution"?

Common synonyms include: attributions, misidentifying, misquotation, misquoting, mistaking.

noun

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Noun

1
The act or process of misattributing. countable, uncountable
2
An incorrect attribution. countable, uncountable
"the misattribution of Shakespeare's plays to Francis Bacon"

"the misattribution of Shakespeare's plays to Francis Bacon"

From mis- + attribution.