misrecognize
To recognize in error
Verb
- 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.' - 2006, Mary Klages, Literary Theory, →ISBN, page 80:
- 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). - 2007, Carolyn L. Hsu, Creating Market Socialism, →ISBN, page 151:
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English recognize English misrecognize From mis- + recognize.