misattribution love

Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The act or process of misattributing.
  • noun An incorrect attribution.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word misattribution.

Examples

  • A statement from the office of the SCA registrar said the court's "misattribution" of the phrase "generally corrupt relationship" occurred only once in its judgment last week.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • The SCA said its "misattribution" of the words "a generally corrupt relationship" did not occur in its judgment in the criminal appeal by Shaik.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • A statement from the office of the SCA registrar said the court's "misattribution" of the phrase "generally corrupt relationship" occurred only once in its judgment last week.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • The Supreme Court of Appeal says its "misattribution" of the words "a generally corrupt relationship" did not occur in its judgment in the criminal appeal by Schabir Shaik.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • "misattribution," also known as excitation transfer theory.

    CNN.com 2010

  • However, after this throat-clearing, both Obama and Baker yield to the predictable temptation to place much of the blame for the administration's political situation on tactical failures -- a misattribution I call the tactical fallacy:

    Brendan Nyhan: Peter Baker and Barack Obama fixate on tactics Brendan Nyhan 2010

  • However, after this throat-clearing, both Obama and Baker yield to the predictable temptation to place much of the blame for the administration's political situation on tactical failures -- a misattribution I call the tactical fallacy:

    Brendan Nyhan: Peter Baker and Barack Obama fixate on tactics Brendan Nyhan 2010

  • However, after this throat-clearing, both Obama and Baker yield to the predictable temptation to place much of the blame for the administration's political situation on tactical failures -- a misattribution I call the tactical fallacy:

    Brendan Nyhan: Peter Baker and Barack Obama Fixate on Tactics Brendan Nyhan 2010

  • New York dealer James Lally doesn't trade in Chinese paintings for fear of misattribution.

    The China Factor Kelly Crow 2011

  • What there is a natural right to is truth, and thus a right against misattribution.

    ‘Rights are good …’ 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.