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The scientific misnomer is now reduced to a historical (and extremely harmful) moniker of a bygone era. From Wordnik.com. [Comparing Teleological Predictions with their Non-teleological Counterparts] Reference
The Dion tax “shift” and “revenue neutral” misnomer is now being exposed for every deceitful aspect. From Wordnik.com. [2008 August 02 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
Continental ideas on the subject, inclined to think the term a misnomer, and a reflection upon Europe and America. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
The essay did make the point that the name “greenhouse effect” is a misnomer, which is correct. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
Said the Propellerhead who coined the misnomer "nazi liberals". From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
I don't think "misnomer" is the word he was looking for. From Wordnik.com. [Bucstats.com] Reference
Arabic feminine names, thought it a "misnomer", for of all his she-persecutors she was the leanest and scraggiest. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Slaves] Reference
Liz Claiborne is "a misnomer strategically," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Targeting Younger Buyers, Liz Claiborne Hits Snag] Reference
They said it was more likely a misnomer than a miracle. From Wordnik.com. [To Him, It Was Still 1988: The 'Coma Cop' Awakens] Reference
What a misnomer to call our former slave States "free!". From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
The term by which this disease is known, is a misnomer. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference
"Economic and Monetary Union," it turns out, is a misnomer. From Wordnik.com. [The Euro's Success Requires Liberalization] Reference
He called the place Lonely Dell, and it was not a misnomer. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
The very name of emancipation, thus applied, is a misnomer. From Wordnik.com. [The Right of American Slavery] Reference
The term "cañon" is a misnomer for this supreme marvel of earth. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Radiant] Reference
With so many Lee wanna-bes, "antipathy to the rich" is a misnomer. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
No misnomer that last to any one who has ever frequented the Atlantic. From Wordnik.com. [A Brace Of Boys 1867, From "Little Brother"] Reference
MEREDITH OCHS: Calling The New Pornographers a supergroup is a misnomer. From Wordnik.com. [The New Pornographers, a 'Real' Supergroup] Reference
"I must see that the misnomer is corrected," was all Mrs. Treadwell rejoined. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
In fact, to even call its half-baked experiment as deregulation is a misnomer. From Wordnik.com. [Sunil Sharan: Deregulation, the Forsaken Panacea for Climate Change] Reference
To call their occasional periods of application energy, would be a sad misnomer. From Wordnik.com. [How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success] Reference
CIA - Bad-timing award: TV shows lionizing agency where intelligence is misnomer. From Wordnik.com. [Conventional Wisdom Watch] Reference
These days we share a common Internet site that bears the misnomer "Tight Circle.". From Wordnik.com. [My Baseball Fantasy] Reference
Just as it is a curious misnomer to call the toughest section of it the Tenderloin. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
That term, says Minogue, is a misnomer, as in the phrase "the homosexual community.". From Wordnik.com. [The Journey Up From Guilt] Reference
The term "shariah law" is a misnomer, because shariah is not law, but a set of principles. From Wordnik.com. [Sumbul Ali-Karamali: Who's Afraid of Shariah?] Reference
Macro-Microbe parked his car and proceeded on foot, which was a misnomer because he had no feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Amazing Adventures of Macro-Microbe] Reference
"Trial" is often a misnomer, as the word implies some notion of impartiality and unknown outcome. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Ronald Ricker and Dr. Venus Nicolino: The Over-Prescribing of Psychoactive Drugs to Children: A Scourge of Our Times] Reference
He offers a similar defense to charges that "" jazz '' is a misnomer for what these stations play. From Wordnik.com. [Jazz For Drive Time] Reference
In any event, the misnomer is evidence of how little premium our society puts on emotional literacy. From Wordnik.com. [George Spyros: iPhone 4 FaceTime Commercials: Are Apple's TV Ads Really "Heartbreaking?" (Video)] Reference
The latter tend to confirm one's suspicions that the "thinking" part of the rethinking is a bit of a misnomer. From Wordnik.com. [Forget About Rethinking] Reference
“Value-added” -- a misnomer that ranks with the best of them -- will constitute 50 percent of their evaluation. From Wordnik.com. [The problem with how Rhee fired teachers] Reference
Keegan is not optimistic about the role of intelligence in the current war on terror (which he regards as a misnomer). From Wordnik.com. [Spy Games Uncloaked] Reference
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