Usually means: Calling something by the wrong name.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word misnaming:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. misnaming: Merriam-Webster
  2. misnaming: Vocabulary.com
  3. misnaming: Wordnik
  4. misnaming: Wiktionary
  5. misnaming: Dictionary.com
  6. misnaming: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  7. misnaming: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. misnaming: Legal dictionary

(Note: See misname as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (misnaming)

noun:  The act of calling something by its wrong name

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