miscognition

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noun

incorrect or false cognition

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Meanings

nounmiscognition (countable and uncountable, plural miscognitions)

plural miscognitions

  1. countableuncountableincorrect 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
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    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

Origin

From mis- + cognition.

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APA

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MLA

“miscognition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miscognition. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “miscognition,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miscognition.

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