misimpression

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noun

An inaccurate or misleading impression

OriginEnglish impression ← Old French impression ← Latin impressiō →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounmisimpression (plural misimpressions)

plural misimpressions

  1. An inaccurate or misleading impression

    Often the misimpression a reporter gives is trivial.

    1988 March 11, Michael Miner, “Broder Against Broder/For the Editor Who Dares to Be Different”, in Chicago Reader
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    Will is an intelligent person, and if he is under such a grievous misimpression, then I obviously did not do a good job of communicating the Subcommittee's work to the membership.

    1983 December 31, Robert P. Wasson Jr., “"Whither BL/GPA?"—A Response”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 5

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  10. Proto-Italic*en
  11. Proto-Italic*en-
  12. Latinin-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  14. Proto-Indo-European*pres-
  15. Proto-Italic*pres-
  16. Latinpremō
  17. Latinimprimō
  18. Latinimpressiō
  19. Old Frenchimpression
  20. Englishimpression
  21. Englishmisimpression

From mis- + impression.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

impressionism
Cite this entry
APA

misimpression. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misimpression

MLA

“misimpression.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misimpression. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misimpression,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misimpression.

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