Misunderstand vs Misrecognize - What's the difference?
misunderstand | misrecognize | Related terms |
(psychology, computing) To recognize in error
*{{quote-book, 2006, Mary Klages, Literary Theory
, 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
, passage=When people did participate in blat practice, they misrecognized their actions through narratives of friendship (Ledeneva 2003:12).}}
Misunderstand is a related term of misrecognize.
As verbs the difference between misunderstand and misrecognize
is that misunderstand is to understand incorrectly, while thinking one has understood correctly while misrecognize is (psychology|computing) to recognize in error.misrecognize
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*misrecogniseVerb
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