misperception

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.

Proto-Germanic *missaz

Proto-Germanic *missa-

Proto-West Germanic *missa-

Old English mis-

Middle English mys-

English mis-

English perception

English misperception

From mis- + perception.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪspə(ɹ)ˈsɛpʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɪspəˈsɛpʃən/, [mɪspəˈsɛpʃn̩]
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪspɚˈsɛpʃən/, [ˌmɪspɚˈsɛpʃn̩]
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /mɪspəˈsepʃən/, [mɪspəˈsepʃn̩]
• Rhymes: -ɛpʃən
• Hyphenation: mis‧per‧cept‧ion

Noun

misperception (countable and uncountable, plural misperceptions)

1. An incorrect perception.

   Coordinate terms: misdetection, misseeing, missight; misapprehension, misconception, misunderstanding, miscomprehension (all sometimes contextually synonymous)

Translations

incorrect perception

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 誤解 / 误解 (zh) (wùjiě), 錯覺 / 错觉 (zh) (cuòjué)

• Finnish: väärinkäsitys (fi)
• Spanish: impresión errónea f, percepción equivocada f

Anagrams

• imperceptions, perceptionism