misinterpretation

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The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation.

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The custom of burning a beneficent god is too foreign to later modes of thought to escape misinterpretation. James Frazer

The truth is sometimes a poor competitor in the market place of ideas – complicated, unsatisfying, full of dilemmas, always vulnerable to misinterpretation and abuse. George F. Kennan

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure. Alvin Adams

Misinterpretation is the most deadly of human sins. Lester del Rey

It is misinterpretation and incomprehension which, very often, provoked an important evolution in the history of philosophy and which, notably, led to the appearance of new notions. Pierre Hadot

The spiritual nature of woman is as little considered as the principles of her historical development. Not only is violence being done to the spirit by a biological misinterpretation and by today's economic trends, but also by the materialistic and fundamental point of view of opposing groups. Edith Stein

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