2. Noun. An incorrect attribution. ¹
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Definition of Misattribution
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misattribution
Literary usage of Misattribution
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by DIANE Publishing Company, C. Everett Koop, M.D. (1995)
"Therefore, stressors and dysphoric moods come to elicit smoking because of
conditioned responses or because of misattribution of the unpleasant experiences ..."
2. Fernando of Cordova: A Biographical and Intellectual Profile by John Monfasani (1992)
"281 of Merton College, Oxford, is a misattribution corrected by Thorndike-Kibre,
1496; and by Lohr (1967-1974), 23:407. ..."
3. Evolution of the Plio-Pleistocene African Suidae by James Michael Harris, Timothy D. White (1979)
"... sequence (Coppens and Howell, 1976) are clearly indicative of some stratigraphie
misattribution. The more horizontal nature of the Koobi Fora sediments ..."
4. The Numismatic Chronicle by Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"... published in 1895, pointed out the misattribution of these coins to Bardney,
and the former has kindly supplied a note upon the subject to the ..."
5. The Temple of Apollo Bassitas by Frederick A. Cooper (1996)
"... facing the adyton led him to assign them elsewhere.37 The misattribution of
these key parts led automatically to errors in ..."