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misnomer

/mɪsˈnəʊmə/

/mɪsˈnoʊmɚ/

misnomernoun

misnomers

/mɪsˈnəʊmə/

/mɪsˈnoʊmɚ/

Translations

неправильное название

Calling it a 'parkway' is a misnomer since there are no parks nearby.

Называть это 'парковой дорогой' - неправильное название, так как поблизости нет парков.

Additional translations

ошибочное название

неправильное обозначение

Definitions

A name or term that is incorrect or inappropriate for what it refers to.

Calling the tiny dog 'Goliath' was quite a misnomer.

The act or instance of applying a wrong or inappropriate name.

Early cartographers produced many misnomers when labeling unfamiliar coastlines.

Synonyms

incorrect term

false name

wrong name

mislabeling

misnaming

misnomerverb

misnomered

Past Simple

misnomered

Past Participle

misnomering

Gerund

Rare, archaic.

Definitions

To give an incorrect or inappropriate name to; to misname.

The explorer misnomered the island, confusing it with one he had visited earlier.

misnomeradjective

/ˌmɪsˈnəʊmə/

/ˌmɪsˈnoʊmər/

Used attributively before another noun (e.g., "the misnomer doctrine").

Definitions

Attributive: relating to or designating a rule, doctrine, action, etc., concerned with an incorrect or inappropriate name.

The court applied the misnomer doctrine in allowing the pleadings to be amended.

Synonyms

misnamed

misapplied

incorrectly named

inaccurately named