💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Category error"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| category-mistakenoun | Alternative form of category mistake. [A semantic or ontological error by which a property (or category) is ascribed to a thing that could not possibly have that property.] |
| category mistakenoun | A semantic or ontological error by which a property (or category) is ascribed to a thing that could not possibly have that property. |
| miscategorisationnoun | Alternative spelling of miscategorization. [The act or process of miscategorizing.] |
| error/mistake distinctionnoun | (education) The distinction drawn by some language teachers between an "error" (a mistaken belief that a given usage or construction is correct; or, an incorrect use resulting from such a belief) and "a mistake" (an accidental use of a usage or construction despite knowing that it is incorrect). |
| miscategorizationnoun | The act or process of miscategorizing. |
| misappellationnoun | Synonym of misnomer. |
| mischoicenoun | A bad or incorrect choice. |
| miscorrectionnoun | An erroneous correction; a mistake in correcting a previous mistake. |
| measurement errornoun | Synonym of observational error. |
| mistakingverb | (obsolete) A mistake. |
| misnomernoun | (by extension) An incorrect use of a term, especially one which is misleading; a misname. |
| misidentificationnoun | An instance of misidentifying; an erroneous identification. |
| misselectverb | To select incorrectly. |
| misjudgementnoun | Alternative form of misjudgment. [An act of misjudging; a mistake in judgment.] |
| missclassificationnoun | Misspelling of misclassification. [The act or process of misclassifying.] |
| miswordingnoun | An instance of incorrect wording. |
| misadvertencenoun | (dated) inadvertence; carelessness |
| catachresisnoun | A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote. |
| mistakenoun | An error. |
| miscatchnoun | The act of catching in which the thing that is caught is then dropped; a fumble. |
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