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Etymology[]
From Template:Xno[[Category:Template:Xno derivations|Misnomer]] mesnomer, noun use of Anglo-Norman and Old French verb mesnomer (“‘to name incorrectly’”), from mes- (“‘mis-’”) + nomer (“‘to name’”) (from Latin nōmināre).
Pronunciation[]
- (RP) IPA: /mɪsˈnəʊmə/, SAMPA: /mIs"n@Um@/
- (US) IPA: /mɪsˈnoʊmɚ/, SAMPA: /mIs"noUm@`/
Audio (US) noicon (file) - Rhymes: -əʊmə(r)
Noun[]
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Misnomer ({{{1}}})
- A use of a term asserted to be misleading.
- Calling it a driveway is a bit of a misnomer, since you don't drive on it, you park on it.
- A term asserted to be widely used incorrectly.
- Chinese checkers is a misnomer since the game has nothing to do with China.
- A term whose sense in common usage conflicts with a technical sense.
Usage notes[]
The term misnomer is sometimes used autologically as misnomer of "something asserted not to be true; a myth or mistaken belief", as in the following example:
- It's a misnomer that engineers can't write.
Translations[]
a use of a term asserted to be misleading
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a term asserted to be widely used incorrectly
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a term whose sense in common usage conflicts with a technical sense
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See also[]
- catachresis
Verb[]
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to Misnomer (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)
- (transitive) To use a misleading term; to misname.
Anagrams[]
- eimmnors,
- semi-norm
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