misrepresentation

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ representation or misrepresent +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪsˌɹɛpɹɪzɛnˈteɪʃən/

  Audio (US):

  (file)

  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

misrepresentation (countable and uncountable, plural misrepresentations)

1. Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement.

   Hypernyms: falsehood, untruth

   Hyponyms: misreport, misstatement

   Near-synonyms: mischaracterization, misportrayal

   • 1878, Samuel Butler, Life and Habit, London: Trübner & Co., page 1:

     […] for unless a matter be true enough to stand a good deal of misrepresentation, its truth is not of a very robust order, […]

2. Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.
3. (cartography) Faultiness in a map projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different parts and to its distortion of angles.

Related terms

• misrepresent
• misrepresentative
• misrepresenter

Translations

erroneous statements, or the act of making these

• Czech: misreprezentace (cs) f
• Dutch: verkeerde voorstelling f, onjuiste weergave f
• Finnish: väärinymmärrys (fi), väärinkäsitys (fi)
• French: image fausse f, déformation (fr) f
• Galician: terxiversación (gl) f
• German: falsche Darstellung f, Falschdarstellung (de) f, Fehldarstellung f
• Italian: travisamento m
• Latin: calumnia f
• Malayalam: തെറ്റായി അവതരിപ്പിക്കൽ (teṟṟāyi avatarippikkal), തിരിമറി (ml) (tirimaṟi)
• Maori: aweketanga
• Polish: fałszywe przedstawienie n, wypaczenie n, zniekształcenie (pl) n, przekręcenie n
• Spanish: tergiversación f

References

• “misrepresentation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• representationism