Meanings
verbmisimprint (third-person singular simple present misimprints, present participle misimprinting, simple past and past participle misimprinted)
present singular third person misimprints · participle present misimprinting · participle past misimprinted · past misimprinted
- To imprint wrongly.
That is, by way of this initial imprinting the young animal becomes a socialized member of its species. Animals misimprinted to other species show a variety of abnormal social behaviors as adults.
1977, Dorothy Rogers, Issues in child psychology, page 62
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misimprint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misimprint
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