Meaning of misascription | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act or process of misascribing.
   uncountable, usually
2. The result thereof: an incorrect ascription; for example, the ascription of a quality to someone or something which does not possess it, or the ascription of a quotation to someone who did not originate it.
   uncountable, usually

Examples

“Despite frequent misascription to Tycho, the work is in fact by Paul Wittich.”

“The idea that Tycho wrote it was a misascription.”

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