misperceive

From mis- + perceive.

misperceive (third-person singular simple present misperceives, present participle misperceiving, simple past and past participle misperceived)

1. To perceive erroneously.
   • 2009 January 25, James Mann, “At the White House, What’s Old May Be New”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The second reason so many people initially misperceived George W.

• misperception