Misapprehend

//mɪsapɹɪˈhɛnd// verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To interpret incorrectly; to misunderstand. transitive

    "I define white as a social category, not a racial category. Of course, it carries unmistakable racial meanings, but as I have argued in this book, to see it as racial and nothing more is to misapprehend it."

  2. 2
    interpret in the wrong way wordnet

Synonyms

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misconstruebe amisscontortdistortgarbleget one wrong

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"I define white as a social category, not a racial category. Of course, it carries unmistakable racial meanings, but as I have argued in this book, to see it as racial and nothing more is to misapprehend it."

Etymology

From mis- + apprehend.

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