misattribution
/ˌmɪsˌætrəˈbjuːʃən/
noun
- The act of wrongly assigning something (such as a cause, source, or credit) to someone or something.
- The misattribution of the painting to a famous artist lowered its value once the real painter was discovered.
- The misattribution of the quote to Shakespeare instead of Marlowe confused the literature students.
- A common misattribution in psychology is thinking that a person's mood is caused by the weather when it is actually due to lack of sleep.
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