miscognition

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ cognition

Noun

miscognition (countable and uncountable, plural miscognitions)

1. incorrect or false cognition
   • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:

     The apraxic-agnosic patient may make errors of action or cognition, but he is not driven into misperformance or miscognition through being the subject of violent deforming forces […]

   • 2000, Shyama Kumar Chattopadhyaya, The Philosophy of Sankar's Advaita Vedanta, →ISBN, page 64:

     To make it more explicit we describe it as 'paratra paravabhasa ' - misappearance or miscognition of something in an alien context — a context which is characterised by its absolute negation.