misteaching

Roget category 538

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
› 4.9. Modes of communication
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#538. 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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