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plural misnomers
A use of a term that is misleading; a misname. quotations examples
Rewilding […] is also a misnomer, for whether by getting rid of tens of thousands of sheep in Patagonia or introducing a living species as a surrogate for an extinct one – Sayaguesa cattle in place of aurochs in Croatia’s Velebit Mountains, for instance – rewilding requires more human intervention than its name suggests.
2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian
[…] plaintiff's misstyling himself as corporation in initial complaint constituted case of misnomer.
1994, Illinois. Appellate Court, Stephen Davis Porter, Illinois Appellate reports, page 257
A term that is misleading, even if it may not be incorrect. examples
A term whose sense in common usage conflicts with a technical sense. examples
(proscribed, nonstandard) something asserted not to be true; a myth or mistaken belief
third-person singular simple present misnomers, present participle misnomering, simple past and past participle misnomered
(transitive) To use a misleading term; to misname. examples