Crossword clues for misinterpretation
misinterpretation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Misinterpretation \Mis`in*ter"pre*ta"tion\, n. The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s; see mis- (1) + interpretation.
Wiktionary
n. An instance of misinterpreting.
WordNet
n. putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning" [syn: misunderstanding, mistaking]
Usage examples of "misinterpretation".
And recently the ground has been often assumed that the doctrine of the resurrection does not belong to the Avesta, but is a more modern dogma, derived by the Parsees from the Jews or the Christians, and only forced upon the old text by misinterpretation through the Pehlevi version and the Parsee commentary.
But this is an error arising from the misinterpretation of the figurative terms in which the Greek Fathers express themselves.
Such an opposition between the two states is entirely sophistical, resulting from a profound misinterpretation of the truemoral relations connecting them.
When they discussed anything that was strictly private, or possibly open to some misinterpretation, they turned up the radio and spoke in low tones.
She fell against the wall, catching at it for balance, her eyes dilated with fear and, he suspected, misinterpretation of the situation.
That some of those laws are reserved to Christians is clearly a question of misinterpretation, and one that I will gladly aid in setting straight, should the occasion ever arise.
Reserving my criticism of the fallacious claims about the linguistic performances of other animals for the next chapter, I will concentrate here on the misinterpretation of the evidence that is supposed to show that other animals have concepts that enable them to deal with generalities as well as with particulars.
In the case of some early attempts, written when very little source material was available, it is now easy to spot various shortcomings and misinterpretations of what Tolkien really intended.
Estate can now be seen to contain certain obvious shortcomings and misinterpretations.
The young Count subjected himself to such misinterpretation, among those who observed the increased warmth of civility and complaisance in his behaviour to Ferdinand.
There's no room for misinterpretation, so please don't look for gray areas.
Same being simple skill learnable by anyones, but subject to gross misinterpretation by superstitious, self must protect self .
They wisely avoided direct eye contact with the appraising warrior, thus perhaps precipitating an encounter crisis, in which, perhaps because, of misconstrual or misinterpretation, he might feel prompted action.
Paleontology had been plagued by fraud, misinterpretation, and personal feuds ever since its beginnings: the Piltdown man, the legendary rivalry of Marsh and Cope, the faked “.