/?m?s?em.f?.s?s/pluralmisemphasesormis-emphasesparticularimportanceorattentionthat iswronglygiven to something, or given in a way that is notcorrect:Theauthorsclaimthat thosefavouringthishypothesisareguiltyofmisinterpretation, misattribution, and misemphasis.Hefoundthetextgenerallyweak, with manyerrors,omissions, and mis-emphases.Related wordemphasisextraforcethat is given to aparticularword or to aparticularpartof a word in a way that is notcorrect:Thetextwasreadaloudby acomputer, withsignificantmisemphases and mispronunciations.Hestressedthis withcomicmis-emphasis.Related wordemphasisMore examples
This may haveledto misemphasis in thetreatmentof hisdoctrines.
Hesuggeststhat this mis-emphasis may have been because thehistoryof thisperiodwas written from theperspectiveof therulers.
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accentuation
all day longidiom
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believe
drive/hammersomethinghomeidiom
drop the micidiom
exactly
foreground
insistence
intensely
like blazesidiom
overemphasis
overemphasize
percent
pick
ram
stress
underscore
work/laugh/freeze, etc.yourass offidiom
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