miscrediting
|mis-cred-it-ing|
/mɪsˈkrɛdɪtɪŋ/
(miscredit)
wrong attribution
Etymology
'miscredit' originates from the English prefix 'mis-' (Old English 'mis-', meaning 'wrongly' or 'badly') combined with 'credit' which comes via French 'crédit' from Latin 'creditum' (from 'credere', 'to believe').
'credit' came from Latin 'credere' meaning 'to believe' and the noun 'creditum', passed into Old French as 'crédit' and then into Middle English as 'credit'. The verb 'miscredit' is formed in Modern English by adding the prefix 'mis-' to 'credit', and 'miscrediting' is the present-participial/gerund form.
Originally, 'credit' (from Latin) meant 'to believe' or 'to entrust'; over time it came to mean 'to acknowledge or attribute (a work or quality) to someone'. The compound 'miscredit' developed to express the opposite action: to attribute or give credit incorrectly, and 'miscrediting' refers to that act.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
the act or instance of giving credit to the wrong person or source; an incorrect attribution.
The miscrediting of the artist in the exhibition catalogue caused controversy.
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Verb 1
to attribute (a work, achievement, idea, or action) to the wrong person or source; to give credit incorrectly.
The discovery was miscredited to a different researcher in the report.
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