metanalysis

[ met-uh-nal-uh-sis ]

noun,plural met·a·nal·y·ses [met-uh-nal-uh-seez]. /ˌmɛt əˈnæl əˌsiz/.
  1. a shift in the division between words in a phrase; misdivision: “A nickname” resulted from metanalysis of “an ekename.”

Origin of metanalysis

1
First recorded in 1910–15

Words Nearby metanalysis

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