misrepresentation
English edit
Etymology edit
mis- + representation or misrepresent + -ation
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
misrepresentation (countable and uncountable, plural misrepresentations)
- Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement.
- 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, […]
- 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.
- (cartography) Faultiness in a map projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different parts and to its distortion of angles.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
erroneous statements, or the act of making these
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References edit
- “misrepresentation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.