WikiWord

English

category error

noun

Meaning

  1. A semantic or ontological error by which a property is ascribed to a thing that could not possibly have that property.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

category-mistake(English)category mistake(English)miscategorisation(English)error/mistake distinction(English)miscategorization(English)misappellation(English)mischoice(English)miscorrection(English)

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
category error — meaning and etymology | WikiWord