Существительное
Something stated wrongly; a (usually unintentionally) incorrect statement.
Употребление- исчисляемое
- неисчисляемое
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Again we read at page 174: “Instead of the Universal Roman Catholic Church there existed after 1650 the National Catholic Churches of Spain, France, Austria, Poland, etc. more subject to the Royal supremacy than to the Papal, not, however, so completely as in England.” This is obviously an exaggeration. There never existed in the countries mentioned, least of all in Spain, any National Catholic Church. There would not have existed any such contradictorially-named organization even in England had it not been for the lechery of Henry VIII. Other similar misstatements might be noticed here and there. The author's intention, however, to be just is patent and his success in this respect is noteworthy.
his gubernatorial campaign, noteworthy mostly for his seemingly daily racist and otherwise offensive misstatements
Существительное
a statement that contains a mistake
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