'Misinterpretation' definitions:
Definition of 'misinterpretation'
From: WordNet
noun
Putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning" [syn: misinterpretation, misunderstanding, mistaking]
Definition of 'Misinterpretation'
From: GCIDE
- Misinterpretation \Mis`in*ter"pre*ta"tion\, n. The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'misinterpretation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrancy,
- aberration,
- corruption,
- defectiveness,
- delusion,
- deviancy,
- distortion,
- errancy,
- erroneousness,
- error,
- error in judgment,
- fallaciousness,
- fallacy,
- false coloring,
- falseness,
- falsity,
- fault,
- faultiness,
- flaw,
- flawedness,
- hamartia,
- heresy,
- heterodoxy,
- illusion,
- injudiciousness,
- misapplication,
- misappreciation,
- miscalculation,
- miscomputation,
- misconjecture,
- misconstruction,
- misdirection,
- misdoing,
- misestimation,
- misevaluation,
- misfeasance,
- misjudgment,
- misreading,
- misrepresentation,
- misuse,
- misvaluation,
- peccancy,
- perversion,
- poor judgment,
- self-contradiction,
- sin,
- sinfulness,
- skewed judgment,
- slanting,
- straining,
- torturing,
- unorthodoxy,
- untrueness,
- untruth,
- untruthfulness,
- wrong,
- wrong construction,
- wrong impression,
- wrongness