See misnomer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "use of term that is misleading",
"word": "yanlış adlandırma"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "use of term that is misleading",
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"sense": "misleading term",
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"feminine"
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"word": "denominazione impropria"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "goshō",
"sense": "misleading term",
"word": "誤称"
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"code": "fi",
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"note": "harhaanjohtava käsite (\"käsite\" may be replaced with termi, sana, sanonta, ilmaus etc.)",
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"(transitive) To use a misleading term; to misname."
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Download raw JSONL data for misnomer meaning in English (11.2kB)
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