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MISCONSTRUCTION Synonyms

There are 8 synonyms of the word misconstruction. (exact relations)
There are 5 hypernyms of the word misconstruction. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for MISCONSTRUCTION

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confusion
nounn
noun

• disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably

• a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior

• a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused

• an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended

• a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another

distortion
nounn
noun

• a change for the worse

• a shape resulting from distortion

• an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

• a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)

• the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

• the mistake of misrepresenting the facts

error
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

• inadvertent incorrectness

• a misconception resulting from incorrect information

• (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed

• departure from what is ethically acceptable

• (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

• part of a statement that is not correct

miscalculation
nounn
noun

• a mistake in calculating

misinterpretation
nounn
noun

• putting the wrong interpretation on

misrepresentation
nounn
noun

• a misleading falsehood

• a willful perversion of facts

mistake
nounn
noun

• a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

• an understanding of something that is not correct

• part of a statement that is not correct

verb

• identify incorrectly

• to make a mistake or be incorrect

misconstrual
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately)

Best Hypernyms For MISCONSTRUCTION

Here is a list of related hypernyms for misconstruction, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (4)
constituent misinterpretation mistaking misunderstanding
Phrases (1)
grammatical constituent

Alternatives for CONFUSION

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