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- noun The act or process of
misattributing . - noun An incorrect
attribution .
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Examples
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A statement from the office of the SCA registrar said the court's "misattribution" of the phrase "generally corrupt relationship" occurred only once in its judgment last week.
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The SCA said its "misattribution" of the words "a generally corrupt relationship" did not occur in its judgment in the criminal appeal by Shaik.
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A statement from the office of the SCA registrar said the court's "misattribution" of the phrase "generally corrupt relationship" occurred only once in its judgment last week.
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The Supreme Court of Appeal says its "misattribution" of the words "a generally corrupt relationship" did not occur in its judgment in the criminal appeal by Schabir Shaik.
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"misattribution," also known as excitation transfer theory.
CNN.com 2010
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However, after this throat-clearing, both Obama and Baker yield to the predictable temptation to place much of the blame for the administration's political situation on tactical failures -- a misattribution I call the tactical fallacy:
Brendan Nyhan: Peter Baker and Barack Obama fixate on tactics Brendan Nyhan 2010
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However, after this throat-clearing, both Obama and Baker yield to the predictable temptation to place much of the blame for the administration's political situation on tactical failures -- a misattribution I call the tactical fallacy:
Brendan Nyhan: Peter Baker and Barack Obama fixate on tactics Brendan Nyhan 2010
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However, after this throat-clearing, both Obama and Baker yield to the predictable temptation to place much of the blame for the administration's political situation on tactical failures -- a misattribution I call the tactical fallacy:
Brendan Nyhan: Peter Baker and Barack Obama Fixate on Tactics Brendan Nyhan 2010
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New York dealer James Lally doesn't trade in Chinese paintings for fear of misattribution.
The China Factor Kelly Crow 2011
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What there is a natural right to is truth, and thus a right against misattribution.
‘Rights are good …’ 2009
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