Definition of "misrecognizes" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misrecognize. (verb)

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• "The mirror stage corresponds to this demand in so far as the child misrecognizes in its mirror image a stable, coherent, whole self, which, however, does not correspond to the real child and is, therefore, impossible to realize."