misapprehend

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misapprehend

/mɪsapɹɪˈhɛnd/ UK

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verb misapprehends · misapprehending · misapprehended

transitive To interpret incorrectly; to misunderstand. I define white as a social category, not a racial category. Of course, it carries unmistakable racial meanings, but as I have argued in this book, to see it as racial and nothing more is to misapprehend it.

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verb to interpret something incorrectly; to misunderstand

Deutsch	missverstehen
Italiano	male interpretare

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@misc{misapprehend_2026,
  title = {misapprehend},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/misapprehend},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}