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Category error

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category-mistakenounAlternative 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 mistakenounA semantic or ontological error by which a property (or category) is ascribed to a thing that could not possibly have that property.
miscategorisationnounAlternative 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).
miscategorizationnounThe act or process of miscategorizing.
misappellationnounSynonym of misnomer.
mischoicenounA bad or incorrect choice.
miscorrectionnounAn erroneous correction; a mistake in correcting a previous mistake.
measurement errornounSynonym of observational error.
mistakingverb(obsolete) A mistake.
misnomernoun(by extension) An incorrect use of a term, especially one which is misleading; a misname.
misidentificationnounAn instance of misidentifying; an erroneous identification.
misselectverbTo select incorrectly.
misjudgementnounAlternative form of misjudgment. [An act of misjudging; a mistake in judgment.]
missclassificationnounMisspelling of misclassification. [The act or process of misclassifying.]
miswordingnounAn instance of incorrect wording.
misadvertencenoun(dated) inadvertence; carelessness
catachresisnounA misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
mistakenounAn error.
miscatchnounThe act of catching in which the thing that is caught is then dropped; a fumble.

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