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It's kind of a misnomer about science fiction that science fiction is about anything other than people. It's about people doing stuff, sometimes doing extraordinary stuff.
Greg Bear

Meaning of "misnomer" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MISNOMER

Via Anglo-Norman from Old French mesnommer to misname, from Latin nōmināre to call by name.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MISNOMER

misnomer  [ˌmɪsˈnəʊmə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISNOMER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Misnomer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MISNOMER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Misnomer

A misnomer is a word or term that suggests a meaning that is known to be wrong. Misnomers often arise because the thing named received its name long before its true nature was known. A misnomer may also be simply a word that is used incorrectly or misleadingly. "Misnomer" does not mean "misunderstanding" or "popular misconception".

Definition of misnomer in the English dictionary

The definition of misnomer in the dictionary is an incorrect or unsuitable name or term for a person or thing. Other definition of misnomer is the act of referring to a person by the wrong name.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MISNOMER


adenocarcinoma
ˌædɪnəʊˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə
adenoma
ˌædɪˈnəʊmə
aroma
əˈrəʊmə
carcinoma
ˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə
choriocarcinoma
ˌkɒrɪəʊˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə
coma
ˈkəʊmə
diploma
dɪˈpləʊmə
homer
ˈhəʊmə
loma
ˈləʊmə
lymphoadenoma
ˌlɪmfəʊædɪˈnəʊmə
lymphoma
lɪmˈfəʊmə
melanoma
ˌmɛləˈnəʊmə
noma
ˈnəʊmə
Oklahoma
ˌəʊkləˈhəʊmə
omer
ˈəʊmə
seminoma
ˌsɛmɪˈnəʊmə
soma
ˈsəʊmə
Tacoma
təˈkəʊmə
teratocarcinoma
ˌterətəʊˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə
tokonoma
ˌtəʊkəˈnəʊmə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MISNOMER

mismatched
mismatchment
mismate
mismeasure
mismeasurement
mismetre
mismove
Misnagdim
Misnaged
misnamed
misnumber
miso
misobservance
misobserve
misocapnic
misoclere
misogamic
misogamist
misogamy
misogynic

WORDS THAT END LIKE MISNOMER

aeronomer
archaeoastronomer
archeoastronomer
astronomer
bloomer
boomer
chironomer
comer
comonomer
customer
elastomer
enantiomer
gastronomer
groomer
ionomer
isomer
monomer
newcomer
taxonomer
venomer

Synonyms and antonyms of misnomer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «misnomer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MISNOMER

Find out the translation of misnomer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of misnomer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «misnomer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

用词不当
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nombre inapropiado
570 millions of speakers

English

misnomer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मिथ्या नाम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تسمية خاطئة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неправильным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

equívoco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসার্থক নাম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nom inapproprié
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Salah faham
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fehlbezeichnung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

誤称
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잘못된
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Misnomer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự lộn tên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தவறான சொல்வழக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Misnomer
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yanlış isim
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nome sbagliato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mylące
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неправильним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

termen impropriu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψευδεπίγραφος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wanbenaming
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

felaktig benämning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

misvisende benevnelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of misnomer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MISNOMER»

The term «misnomer» is regularly used and occupies the 67.643 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MISNOMER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «misnomer» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «misnomer» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about misnomer

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4 QUOTES WITH «MISNOMER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word misnomer.
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Greg Bear
It's kind of a misnomer about science fiction that science fiction is about anything other than people. It's about people doing stuff, sometimes doing extraordinary stuff.
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Frank Black
Some have called we rock and roll performers who never retire 'troubadours.' I enjoy this misnomer immensely. While there are many differences between me and my distant predecessors in L'Occitane, I do believe there is a lineage that connects us of the last 70 years with those romantic singers of the High Middle Ages.
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Michio Kaku
First of all, the Big Bang wasn't very big. Second of all, there was no bang. Third, Big Bang Theory doesn't tell you what banged, when it banged, how it banged. It just said it did bang. So the Big Bang theory in some sense is a total misnomer.
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Mohnish Pabrai
Basically if you study entrepreneurs, there is a misnomer: People think that entrepreneurs take risk, and they get rewarded because they take risk. In reality entrepreneurs do everything they can to minimize risk. They are not interested in taking risk. They want free lunches and they go after free lunches.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISNOMER»

Discover the use of misnomer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to misnomer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sacraments A Misnomer: Can we get more of God’s love?
Why would anyone write about the misnomer of sacraments as a way to gain God's grace? The answer is simple. It is because the teachings about their real purpose are false. Firstly we will look at the dynamics involved in salvation.
Ian Traill D.Min, 2014
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Chitty's Treatise on Pleading and Parties to Actions: With a ...
could not have been pleaded unless the misnomer also appeared in the declaration, (j) for the plaintiff might have declared in his right name, though the name had been mistaken in the process. (J1") The misnomer of one of several plaintiffs ...
Joseph Chitty, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins, Henry Greening, 1876
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The American and English Encyclopædia of Law: Obiter dictum ...
has been held to be the case where there was but one plaintiff.1 The middle name is immaterial.* A misnomer of plaintiff in one part of a pleading is no ground to reverse if the correct name appear elsewhere.3 A misnomer of a defendant is ...
‎1892
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The Whole Law Relative to the Duty and Office of a Justice ...
In indictments. information, he may plead a misnomer in abatement, al well as if he had appeared in person ; for if he be not the person intended, his pica may be rejected, and judgment signed by nil dicit ; "but the attorney general, ...
Thomas Walter Williams, 1794
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The American and English Encyclopaedia of Law
MISNOMER— Cont'd Alias Dictue, 1 6, 131 Christian names, 16, 131 In general, 16, 131 Money made payable to one under wrong name, 16, 132 Names of third party, 16, 131 Omission of word " dictus," 1 6, 131 Person executing instrument ...
John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, 1896
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A selection of pleadings in civil actions
Misnomer or But this is again denied in Thel. Digest, I. 3, ch. 1, § 7, quoted in person. tne same p|ace (E. 18,) where it is said, that plaintiff cannot reply, that he is known by the name he sues by ; for he can have but one name of baptism, and  ...
Joseph Story, Benjamin Lynde Oliver, 1829
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Community Policing: Misnomer or Fact?
The volume also deals with conceptual variances of community policing, the factors that impede smooth collaboration between police and public, and the organizational principles that have been neglected by police organizations and others.
Veerendra Mishra, 2011
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Human Rights in China: A Misnomer?
The concept of human rights is one that can trace its roots back into the depths of history.
Lyle De Souza, 2006
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A new abridgment of the law
Hale, It u ment, or otherwise, notwithstanding such surname have no man- *e safest neT cf af£n;ty wjtn njS true one, and he was never known by it. way to allow * ' bis plea of misnomer, both as to hi> surname and as to his christian name ; for ...
Matthew Bacon, Henry Gwillim, 1798
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Restitution: Past, Present and Future : Essays in Honour of ...
Misnomer. -. a. Response. to. Professor. Birks. ANDREW TETTENBORN* Professor Birks has, as ever, done us a splendid service in reminding us that, in unjust enrichment law as elsewhere, theory matters: and, further, in doing his utmost to ...
Gareth H. Jones, William Rodolph Cornish, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISNOMER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term misnomer is used in the context of the following news items.
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Big Data, Big Misnomer
Why is Splitting up the Data So Important? big data big misnomer. Moore's law remains sacrosanct for some aspects of computing (CPU, RAM), ... «Datanami, Jul 15»
2
EL Doctorow, A Local Literary Legend, Dies At 84
Last year, he told NPR, “The historical novel seems to me a misnomer, and many of my books take place in different places, in the Dakotas, ... «27east.com, Jul 15»
3
Doctorow Wove Fact And Fiction To Imagine America As It Could Be
The way E.L. Doctorow tells it, the phrase "historical novel" is something of a misnomer when it comes to his writing. "I think really of myself as a ... «Capital Public Radio News, Jul 15»
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Tamim, de Kock involved in shoulder-barging incident
on July 22, 2015, 15:28 GMT. The headline here is a complete misnomer. Because the video will show De Kock deliberately hitting Tamim with ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
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Even Apple loyalists taking their time on Apple Watch
“Cord-cutting” is a misnomer. It's not a rejection of an old business model (“And now, as I slice through this rope with oversized ceremonial ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
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Opinion: Here's the real reason the Fed wants to raise rates
(Former Fed chief Ben Bernanke even called QE a “misnomer.”) Nor do Fed officials think about monetary policy the old-fashioned way: the ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
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Palm Beach County School District looks to collect GPS data from …
"To say tracking is kind of a misnomer. No one is sitting there watching someone on their computer to see every movement they're making," ... «WPTV.com, Jul 15»
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With Patrick Clark's Elimination, WWE Tough Enough is Officially a …
I think most sensible people know that reality TV is a misnomer and that cast members of such shows are encouraged by producers to amp up ... «SportsBlog.com, Jul 15»
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When Choosing Credit Cards, Look Closely At The Fine Print
Based on the "hidden fee" misnomer, it is essential that all potential credit card holders take the time to read and understand what each contract ... «Benzinga, Jul 15»
10
Jamie xx dreams in many colours
The “studios” part is apparently a misnomer. “It's a very small room with windows out onto the street,” Smith explains, reached at a Chicago tour ... «Straight.com, Jul 15»

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