Misunderstand

  • 61misconstrue — I verb be confused, be in error, be misled, be wrong, blunder, confuse, construe wrongly, distort, fail to understand, garble, get wrong, have an incorrect impression, make a mistake, misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misjudge, misread,… …

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  • 62misinterpret — I verb be misled, blunder, confuse, distort, err, explain incorrectly, fail to understand, garble, jumble, make a mistake, make an error, male interpretari, misapprehend, miscalculate, misconceive, misconjecture, misconstrue, misdeem, misjudge,… …

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  • 63misjudge — I verb be bewildered, be perplexed, blunder, err, err in judgment, estimate incorrectly, fail to recognize, have a wrong impression, judge erroneously, judge inaccurately, judge wrongly, make a mistake, make an error, male iudicare, misapprehend …

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  • 64misread — I verb be deceived, be erroneous, be mistaken, blunder, confuse, distort, err, fall into error, garble, interpret incorrectly, make a mistake, misapprehend, misconstrue, misdeem, misidentify, misinterpret, mistake, mistranslate, misunderstand,… …

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  • 65Hermeneutics — Gadamer and Ricoeur G.B.Madison THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: ROMANTIC HERMENEUTICS Although the term ‘hermeneutics’ (hermeneutica) is, in its current usage, of early modern origin,1 the practice it refers to is as old as western civilization itself …

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  • 66misconceive — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. misconstrue, miscalculate, misinterpret, err; see mistake , misunderstand . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To understand incorrectly: misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misread, mistake, misunderstand. See UNDERSTAND …

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  • 67misjudge — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make a wrong judgment, usually of a person] Syn. presume, prejudge, suppose, presuppose, misapprehend, be partial, be overcritical, be unfair, be one sided, be misled, come to a hasty conclusion; see also misunderstand .… …

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  • 68UNDERSTAND — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index understand noun sympathy adjective understanding verb interpret, sympathize, understand misunderstand noun misun …

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  • 69misunderstanding — (n.) want of understanding, mid 15c., from prp. of MISUNDERSTAND (Cf. misunderstand). When misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. [Lionel Trilling] Meaning dissention, disagreement is first… …

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  • 70misunderstood — (adj.) 1590s, pp. adjective from MISUNDERSTAND (Cf. misunderstand) …

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