misperceivev.
/ˌmɪspəˈsiːv/, U.S. /ˌmɪspərˈsiv/ transitive. To perceive wrongly or incorrectly; to misapprehend. Also intransitive.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > misinterpret [verb (transitive)]
misunderstanda1225
mistake1402
misconstruea1425
miskenc1480
misgloze1532
misinterpret1547
missense1560
wrest1563
misdeem1570
misconceive1586
misconstruct1596
misinfer1597
misconceit1598
misknowa1600
to look beyond1600
lose1600
mismean1605
misprize1609
misread1612
misween1614
misimagine1626
misapprehend1628
construea1640
mislead1654
equivocate1665
misrender1674
misaccept1697
miscomprehend1813
read1879
misperceive1911
1911 Philos. Rev. 20 482 We may distinguish the experiencing (the perceiving or misperceiving)..and the experienced (the something confused and wrongly appearing, the fact which is misperceived).
1953 Mind 62 207 The bedpost was not being misperceived when I dreamed that I saw the Eiffel Tower.
1981 P. Lomas Case for Personal Psychotherapy iv. 50 A persuasive tendency to misperceive because he remains so much under the influence of past events.
1987 Verbatim Spring 1/1 Every now and then one speaker or reader misperceives some word, and a mutation results.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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