单词 | misrepresenter |
释义 | misrepresentern. A person who misrepresents something or someone. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > [noun] > one who misrepresents wrester1533 misrepresenter1688 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > [noun] > one who makes misrepresenter1688 1688 Pulpit-sayings 15 They must not take it amiss, if as they were misrepresenters then, they are esteem'd Misrepresenters still. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xli. 235 Ill will and passion were dreadful misrepresenters. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. xi. 173 Lawyers..are..the pleaders and impleaders, representers and misrepresenters..of our laws. 1813 W. Scott Let. 3 Sept. (1932) III. 338 All I have to fear..is that some busy misrepresenter may whisper in the Regent's ear. 1880 Catholic World Nov. 219 One of the most favourite lies (the old English monosyllable is the most apt for the utterances of this flagitious misrepresenter of the truth). 1961 Amer. Econ. Rev. 51 559 People do not take..a hard position against misrepresentation..; and the misrepresenters are thus encouraged in their policies. 1989 Nature 24 Aug. 608/3 Rothman condemns the misrepresenters of Galois..for deceiving their students. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1688 |
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