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Misname

//ˈmɪsneɪm// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A wrong, unsuitable, misleading, or injurious name or designation; misnomer.

    "Like the name Macon Dead, it is a misname imposed by someone with no concern about the consequences."

Verb
  1. 1
    To call by a wrong name. transitive

    "Misnamed (and misgendered) was Patricia Glass Schuman, of Neal-Schuman Publishers."

  2. 2
    assign in incorrect name to wordnet
  3. 3
    To give an unsuitable or injurious name to; name incorrectly. transitive

    "Near-synonym: misnomer"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From mis- + name.

Etymology 2

From mis- + name.

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