"misrecognize" meaning in English

See misrecognize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: misrecognizes [present, singular, third-person], misrecognizing [participle, present], misrecognized [participle, past], misrecognized [past]
Etymology: From mis- + recognize. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|recognize}} mis- + recognize Head templates: {{en-verb}} misrecognize (third-person singular simple present misrecognizes, present participle misrecognizing, simple past and past participle misrecognized)
  1. (psychology, computing) To recognize in error Categories (topical): Computing, Psychology
    Sense id: en-misrecognize-en-verb-Zu801aaI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Topics: computing, engineering, human-sciences, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, psychology, sciences
  2. (sociology) To deliberately fail to recognize, or pretend to do so Categories (topical): Sociology
    Sense id: en-misrecognize-en-verb-KoebOZO1 Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: misrecognise Derived forms: misrecognition Related terms: derecognize, misidentify, misinterpret, misunderstand

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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