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From mis- + recognize.
misrecognize (third-person singular simple present misrecognizes, present participle misrecognizing, simple past and past participle misrecognized)
- (psychology, computing) To recognize in error
2006, Mary Klages, Literary Theory[1], →ISBN, page 80: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
2007, Carolyn L. Hsu, Creating Market Socialism[2], →ISBN, page 151:When people did participate in blat practice, they misrecognized their actions through narratives of friendship (Ledeneva 2003:12).
