missymbolize

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ symbolize.

Verb

missymbolize (third-person singular simple present missymbolizes, present participle missymbolizing, simple past and past participle missymbolized)

1. To symbolize incorrectly.
   • 1985, ICC Register: A Daily Summary of Motor Carrier Applications, page 9:

     In sum, if a tariff increase is found to be missymbolized, we may order it cancelled and require that it be republished, giving rise to a new protest perlod.

   • 1990, Richard W. Miller, Introduction to Logic: Study Guide, page 151:

     there is nothing of any added importance in them, except that if you missymbolize, the problem may become unworkable.

   • 2019, François Duparc, “Mauvaises humeurs”, in Psychologie Clinique:

     The theory of moods refers the analyst to a history of affect before the term, plunging into the missymbolized primary emotions, such as those of the less neurotic subjects, below the affect related to the language.