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to misperceive

to misperceive

1 7.7
To understand something in the wrong way
  • verb
  • /ˌmɪs.pərˈsiːv/
translation icon : malinterpretar
  • If you misperceive someone's intentions, it can cause unnecessary conflict.
  • often misperceive
  • students who misperceive

But for whatever reason, women misperceive how thin men want them to be.

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Examples

  • Many people misperceive social cues, leading to misunderstandings during conversations.

  • Sometimes we misperceive the importance of a situation and react inappropriately.

  • But for whatever reason, women misperceive how thin men want them to be.

    Lex Fridman

  • One of the barriers is that a lot of parents misperceive how much students have lost.

  • I feel like people misperceive you and misunderstand you.

    H3 Podcast

  • It's just we're misperceiving what this world is all about.

  • To think otherwise is to misperceive the status of God-language.

    Academic text (1995)

  • I fully admit, I could be wrong and I'm misperceiving things.

    Blog text (15)

  • In a more fundamental sense, girls are being trained to misperceive and devalue an inherent dimension of their humanity.

    Academic text (1997)

  • But students are also led to believe that earlier white settlers misperceived Indians as, in many ways, inferior and uncivilized.

    Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

to misread
vsto misperceive
56 3.4

To understand words or actions in the wrong way

covers perceptual mistakes across senses, not only reading errors
to misunderstand
vsto misperceive
53 1.8

To think something is true when it is not

focuses more on mistaken sensory or perceptual interpretation than broad comprehension
to mistake
vsto misperceive
37 1.0

To be wrong in what you think or do

is specifically about perceiving or sensing incorrectly rather than any error
to misinterpret
vsto misperceive
23 4.2

To understand something in the wrong way

involves wrong sensory perception rather than interpretation for meaning
to misconstrue
vsto misperceive
22 7.7

To understand what someone says or does in the wrong way

is about mistaken sensory input rather than inferred intent
to mishear
vsto misperceive
10 3.2

Mistake words someone says, often in noisy places

is broader, applying to seeing and sensing errors as well as hearing
to misjudge
vsto misperceive
6 3.9

To form a wrong idea about someone or something

is more about sensing or perceiving things wrong than evaluative error
to misconceive
vsto misperceive
1 7.5

To understand something in the wrong way

is about wrong sensory or perceptual interpretation rather than abstract understanding
to misapprehend
vsto misperceive
1 8.2

To understand something wrongly

tends to mean wrong sensory perception rather than a general misunderstanding
to misgauge
vsto misperceive
1 8.1

Judge or estimate something wrongly

relates to wrong sensory perception rather than numeric or level estimates
to misestimate
vsto misperceive
1 6.5

Give a wrong idea of how big, how long, or how much something is

is about wrong sensory interpretation rather than calculation errors

Antonyms

to understand
∞ 1.0

To know the meaning of something

to perceive
369 3.0

To become aware of something in your mind and understand it

How Accurate

to know
∞ 1.0
to understand
∞ 1.0
guess
768 1.0
to misperceive
1 7.7

Surface Forms

misperceive infinitive
misperceived past
misperceived past participle
misperceiving present participle
misperceives third person singular

Morphology

misperceive = perceive (transparent) = mis + perceive

The prefix 'mis-' clearly indicates an incorrect or mistaken action, which is a standard derivation.

Etymology

The word misperceive puts mis- 'wrong' before perceive 'to see or understand'. So, to misperceive someone or something is to see or understand it in the wrong way.