Misconstruing
Synonyms for "misconstruing" (21 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (6)
Verb(6 words)
erroneousfaulty readerinstance of misinterpretationmisapplied interpretationmisapprehensionmisconstrue
Related words (10)
Verb(10 words)
misinterpretmisinterpretationmisinterpretedmisinterpretivemisleading phrasingmisreadmisreadingmisreading eventmisrepresenttwist
Related word relations
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More general
11 entriescognitive errorcommunicationcommunication errorinterpretationinterpretation errorinterpretive deficiencyinterpretive errorpresentationreportingtranslationunderstanding
More specific
22 entriesambiguous interpretationambiguous wordingbiased interpretationbiased misreadingbiased reportingcontextual misinterpretationcultural misunderstandingdata misinterpretationfaulty readeridiomatic misinterpretationillogical interpretermisconstrued conclusionmisconstrued datamisreading criticpartial interpretationpartial misinterpretation
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Collocations
9 entriesmisconstruing argumentsmisconstruing conclusionsmisconstruing datamisconstruing evidencemisconstruing intentmisconstruing meaningmisconstruing resultsmisconstruing statementsmisconstruing texts