misperceive
verb
mis·per·ceive
| \ ˌmis-pər-ˈsēv
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misperceived;
misperceiving
Definition of misperceive
: to perceive (something) wrongly or improperly
… until recently, experts have paid the placebo effect only grudging respect, some insisting that people who experience it must have simply misperceived either their illness or their recovery.— Ted Kaptchuk et al.
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