1. misnomer - Noun
2. misnomer - Verb
The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title.
To misname.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHero is a misnomer. India is the only place left in the world where we call our stars heroes and heroines. Shahrukh Khan
It's kind of a misnomer about science fiction that science fiction is about anything other than people. It's about people doing stuff, sometimes doing extraordinary stuff. Greg Bear
War on terror' is a misnomer. It would be like calling America's involvement in World War II a 'war on kamikazism.' Terrorism, like kamikazism, is a tactic. Dinesh D'Souza
As I write in my book, there is a misnomer that destroying another person's position is an effective and practical way to negotiate. Leigh Steinberg
It is a misnomer to call a government republican in which a branch of the supreme power the judiciary is independent of the nation. Thomas Jefferson
Aside from the water vascular system, echinoderms have a haemal coelom (or haemal system, the "haemal" being a misnomer), a perivisceral coelom, a gonadal coelom and often also a perihaemal coelom (or perihaemal system). Source: Internet