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Definition:
b) a wrong word or name
German translation:
falsche Benennung, der Namensirrtum, Fehlbezeichnung
Sample text:
"The term cancer 'vaccine,' though it sounds like a MISNOMER, employs the same strategy as conventional vaccines, that of tricking the immune system to recognize and destroy a foreign invader."
(Wall Street Journal 1988)
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1 : the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
2 a : a use of a wrong name b : a wrong name or designation
In some cases, a name will contain an error, a misunderstanding, or a mislabeling.
Historians have long noted that the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire.
The Battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought on Breed's Hill. And the Pennsylvania Dutch are actually of German ancestry.
For such cases we have the term "misnomer," which comes from the Middle French verb "mesnommer" ("to misname") and ultimately from "nomen," the Latin word for "name."
(Source: Merriam-Webster)
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