misimagine

verb

Etymology

From mis- + imagine.

  1. derived from imāginor
  2. derived from imaginer
  3. inherited from ymagynen
  4. prefixed as misimagine — “mis + imagine

Definitions

  1. To imagine incorrectly

    To imagine incorrectly; to form an inaccurate mental image of.

    • The stupidity, parochialism, and greed in the international mismanagement of the whole nuclear challenge should not tempt us to misimagine the circumstances of the bomb's first “use.”
    • It is not easy to say what it is to misimagine another person. It is easier to give a useful description of some other kinds of misimagination.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for misimagine. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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