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miscognition

miscognition noun: incorrect or false cognition.

Noun

miscognition (countable and uncountable, plural miscognitions)

  1. incorrect or false cognition
    • The apraxic-agnosic patient may make errors of action or cognition, but he is not driven into misperformance or miscognition through being the subject of violent deforming forces[…]1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • To make it more explicit we describe it as 'paratra paravabhasa ' - misappearance or miscognition of something in an alien context — a context which is characterised by its absolute negation.2000, Shyama Kumar Chattopadhyaya, The Philosophy of Sankar's Advaita Vedanta, →ISBN, page 64

Forms of miscognition

pluralmiscognitions

Origin of miscognition

From mis- + cognition.

Questions about miscognition

What does miscognition mean?
Miscognition means incorrect or false cognition.
What part of speech is miscognition?
Miscognition is a noun.
What is the plural of miscognition?
The plural of miscognition is miscognitions.

Words near miscognition in the dictionary

  1. miscodings
  2. miscognise
  3. miscognised
  4. miscognises
  5. miscognising
  6. miscognition
  7. miscognitions
  8. miscognizant
  9. miscognize
  10. miscognized
  11. miscognizes

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