misimagine

Definitions

To imagine incorrectly; to form an inaccurate mental image of.

Examples

“When the fact of their being ice, and not snow⟳, is fully realized, still persons are apt to misimagine their appearance; for they are by no means smooth like⟳ our frozen lakes and rivers, but present⟳ a very unequal surface, undulating, furrowed, and broken.”

“The stupidity, parochialism, and greed in the international mismanagement of the whole nuclear challenge⟳ should not tempt us to misimagine the circumstances of the bomb's first “use⟳.””

“It is not easy to say⟳ what it is to misimagine another person. It is easier to give⟳ a useful description of some other kinds of misimagination.”

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