misconstruction
noun
uk/ˌmɪs.kənˈstrʌk.ʃən/us/ˌmɪs.kənˈstrʌk.ʃən/misconstructionnoun(OF MEANING)
[CorU]
afailuretounderstandthemeaningorintentionof something that someone says or does, or awrongideathat isbasedon thisfailure:
She said hisideaswereopento misconstruction.
It is a misconstruction toconsiderthispolicyascountertohumanrightsprinciples.
Synonyms
misapprehension
misunderstanding
[C]
afailuretocorrectlyrepresentameaningorintention:
This is adeliberatemisconstruction of his words.
It iscompletelywrongand a misconstruction tosuggestthat theresidentswould haveknownwhat toexpect.
Synonym
misrepresentation
- Thisargumentisbasedupon a misconstruction of thelegislation.
Misunderstanding
- cross purposes
- disconnection
- don't get me wrongidiom
- forest
- get the wrong end of the stickidiom
- getyourwires crossedidiom
- labour
- misconceive
- misconceived
- misconception
- misconstrue
- misguided
- miss the pointidiom
- mistaken
- misunderstand
- misunderstanding
- non-comprehension
- not see the forest for the treesidiom
- underestimate
- wire
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misconstructionnoun(OF A SENTENCE)
[C]languagespecialized
anincorrectway ofarrangingwords in asentenceor phrase:
There are severalgrammaticalmisconstructions.
Linguistic terms & linguistic style
- affricate
- allophone
- allophony
- anaphor
- anaphora
- chatty
- colloquial
- distributive
- double entendre
- downtoner
- emphatic
- entailment
- etymological
- flowery
- oxymoron
- philological
- polysemy
- portmanteau word
- prescriptivism
- prescriptivist