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misrecognize

verb

Etymology

From mis- + recognize.

  1. derived from recognoscere
  2. derived from reconoistre
  3. borrowed from reconoistre
  4. prefixed as misrecognize — “mis + recognize”

Definitions

  1. To recognize in error

    • This process of misrecognizing one's self in the image in the mirror creates the ego, the entity that says 'I.'

  2. To deliberately fail to recognize, or pretend to do so

    • When people did participate in blat practice, they misrecognized their actions through narratives of friendship (Ledeneva 2003:12).

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Derived

misrecognition

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA