mischaracterization
noun
-ˌka-rik-\
Definition of mischaracterization
: the act or an instance of characterizing someone or something wrongly It is impossible to catalog here the leaps of logic, mischaracterizations, and outright errors that permeate their book …— Dmitri Tymoczko
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