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Misrecognition vs Misrecognize - What's the difference?

misrecognition | misrecognize | Derived terms |

Misrecognition is a derived term of misrecognize.


As a noun misrecognition

is incorrect recognition.

As a verb misrecognize is

(psychology|computing) to recognize in error.

misrecognition

English

Noun

  • incorrect recognition
  • misrecognize

    English

    Alternative forms

    *misrecognise

    Verb

    (misrecogniz)
  • (psychology, computing) To recognize in error
  • *{{quote-book, 2006, Mary Klages, Literary Theory citation
  • , passage=This process of misrecognizing one's self in the image in the mirror creates the ego, the entity that says 'I.'}}
  • (sociology) To deliberately fail to recognize, or pretend to do so
  • *{{quote-book, 2007, Carolyn L. Hsu, Creating Market Socialism citation
  • , passage=When people did participate in blat practice, they misrecognized their actions through narratives of friendship (Ledeneva 2003:12).}}

    Derived terms

    *misrecognition