Misquotation

Synonyms for "misquotation" (47 found)

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Closest matches (10)

coloring distortion erratum error exaggeration expressionism failure

Noun(3 words)

contextomyfalse attributionfalse quotation

Strong matches (14)

falsification fault gloss hyperbole inaccuracy injustice misapplication misapprehension miscalculation miscarriage misconception misconstruction

Noun(2 words)

inaccurate quotationmisattribution

Related words (23)

misjudgment misplay misprint misreading misrendering miss misstatement mistake misteaching misunderstanding misuse perversion slanting squeezing torturing twist twisting typotypographical errorunderstatement

Noun(3 words)

misquote misquotingout of context quotation

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

7 entries

citationcitation errormisattribution quotationquotation errorquotetextual error

More specific

6 entries

contextomydeceptive quotationfalse attributionout of context quotationpartial quotationquote mining

Collocations

6 entries

contextual misquotationfalse misquotationmisquotation detectionmisquotation errormisquotation rateverbatim misquotation

Inflections

1 entries

misquotations

Derivations

3 entries

misquotations misquote misquoting

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

My misquotation of Hamlet during the Shakespeare lecture brought laughs. I wish I'd done it on purpose.

Source: wiktionary

There were some misquotations of a conversation with another member of the cast after the show, but rather than nitpick about misinterpretation, I want to address the real issues […]

Source: wiktionary

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