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Definition of Misreading
1. Noun. Misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading.
Definition of Misreading
1. Verb. (present participle of misread) ¹
2. Noun. an incorrect reading ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misreading
1. misread [v] - See also: misread
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misreading
Literary usage of Misreading
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"... was really a misreading of the word ' Fortuna,' which accompanies the figure
of Fortune on a coin of Carausius. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... and proceeding from a curious misreading of Aristotle (Hut. An., v. 4, p.
640 b, Bekk.), serres to point more than one moral Notwithstanding the ..."
3. Collected papers on analytical psychology by Carl Gustav Jung, Constance Ellen Long (1917)
"Misreading is a notable instance, which beautifully illustrates hysterical
dispersion of attention. The psychology of this process may perhaps be viewed as ..."
4. Guild Socialism: An Historical and Critical Analysis by Niles Carpenter (1922)
"Its misreading of economic history is a less obvious weakness of Guild Socialism,
but a serious one notwithstanding. As the earlier chapters have shown, ..."
5. Carlyle and the Open Secret of His Life by Henry Larkin (1886)
"... and Cromwell's invincible repugnance—Persistence of the Constitutional
Party—Carlyle's characteristic bias, and misreading of the facts—Cromwell at bay. ..."
6. A Treatise on the Rescission of Contracts and Cancellation of Written by Henry Campbell Black (1916)
"Misreading or Misrepresenting Instrument. 384. Want of Care and Prudence on Part
of Releasor. 385. Same; 'Inability of Releasor to Read or Understand. 386. ..."
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