MISINTERPRETATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does misinterpretation mean? 

• MISINTERPRETATION (noun)
  The noun MISINTERPRETATION has 1 sense:

1. putting the wrong interpretation on

  Familiarity information: MISINTERPRETATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISINTERPRETATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Putting the wrong interpretation on

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

misinterpretation; mistaking; misunderstanding

Context example:

there was no mistaking her meaning

Hypernyms ("misinterpretation" is a kind of...):

interpretation (an explanation that results from interpreting something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "misinterpretation"):

imbroglio (a very embarrassing misunderstanding)

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

misreading (misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading)

Derivation:

misinterpret (interpret in the wrong way)

misinterpret (interpret wrongly)

 Context examples 

The misinterpretation of a real external, sensory experience.

(Illusion, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Preoccupation with the fear of having, or the idea that one has, a serious disease based on the person's misinterpretation of bodily symptoms.

(Hypochondriasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Being able to accurately identify emotions in others is important for social interaction in general, but particularly so in interracial contexts, which are prone to misinterpretations and misunderstandings.

(White people’s perceptions of the emotions on black people’s faces are less accurate than their perceptions among other white people, University of Granada)