misteaching
Roget category 538
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.9. Modes of communication
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Misteaching
noun
misteaching†,
misinformaton,
misintelligence†,
misguidance,
misdirection,
mispersuasion†,
misinstruction†,
misleading
etc.
v. —
perversion,
false teaching —
sophistry
etc.
477 —
college of Laputa —
the blind leading the blind.
[misteaching by government agents]
propaganda,
disinformation,
agitprop —
indoctrination.
verb
misinform,
misteach†,
misdescribe†,
misinstruct†,
miscorrect† —
misdirect,
misguide —
pervert —
put on a false scent,
throw off the scent,
throw off the trail —
deceive
etc.
545 —
mislead
etc.
(error)
495 —
misrepresent —
lie
etc.
544 —
ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces [Lat.]
[Vergil].
propagandize,
disinform.
render unintelligible
etc.
519 —
bewilder
etc.
(uncertainty)
475 —
mystify
etc.
(conceal)
528 —
unteach.
[person or government agent who misteaches]
propagandist.
adjective
misteaching
etc.
v. —
unedifying.
phrase
piscem natare doces [Lat.] —
the blind leading the blind.
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