"misinvocation" meaning in English

See misinvocation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: misinvocations [plural]
Etymology: mis- + invocation Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|invocation}} mis- + invocation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} misinvocation (countable and uncountable, plural misinvocations)
  1. An invalid invocation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-misinvocation-en-noun-eMBzPEYE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1993, Adolf Grünbaum, Validation in the Clinical Theory of Psychoanalysis, page 222",
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