Misintention

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A wrong intention.

    "If the person under consideration suffers error in the matter of his volitional activities he may be said to have misintcnded when his act of will turns out to be ill-advised. The act is called a misintention."

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"If the person under consideration suffers error in the matter of his volitional activities he may be said to have misintcnded when his act of will turns out to be ill-advised. The act is called a misintention."

Etymology

From mis- + intention. Compare misintend.

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