misreadern.
/ˌmɪsˈriːdə/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈridər/ A person who misreads or misinterprets something or someone.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > [noun] > one who misinterprets
misunderstander1529
mistaker1551
misconstruer1567
misinterpreter1599
misconceivera1627
misconstructer1648
misreader1848
1848 T. De Quincey Protestantism in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 87/2 The New Testament had said nothing directly upon the question of slavery; nay, by the misreader it was rather supposed indirectly to countenance that institution.
1976 ELH 43 58 The beau monde, the blessed lover, and Partridge all misread the poem by disregarding everything distinctive, peculiar, or personal in it... These misreaders imagine the poem reflects their own vision and confirms their vanities.
1992 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 May 3/1 Kojeve, one of Hegel's deepest, most stimulating misreaders, was to extend this singularity to Stalin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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