Definitions
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- noun Erroneous or inaccurate recollection.
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- noun
Erroneous orinaccurate recollection .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Libby was convicted, without the benefit of critical expert testimony on memory and in contravention of substantial evidence that this was a garden-variety instance of innocent misrecollection.
Valerie Plame film panned all around Jennifer Rubin 2010
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HEAPHY: The bigger deal this was inside the White House, the less credible his explanation of misrecollection becomes.
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HEAPHY: The bigger deal of this was inside the White House, the less credible his explanation of misrecollection becomes.
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I this the misrecollection thing may represent classic RCI.
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And you and I know from trying cases, that it's innocent misrecollection is very common.
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In short, it's not the misrecollection that provides evidence of Derbyshire's obsession; it's the fact that he found the book funny in the first place.
Jacob T. Levy Jacob T. Levy 2003
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In short, it's not the misrecollection that provides evidence of Derbyshire's obsession; it's the fact that he found the book funny in the first place.
Archive 2002-12-29 Jacob T. Levy 2002
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