miseducate

miseducate
To educate wrongly.

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  • Miseducate — Mis*ed u*cate (?; 135), v. t. To educate in a wrong manner. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • miseducate — index distort, misdirect, misguide, misinform, mislead Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • miseducate — (v.) 1790, from MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + EDUCATE (Cf. educate) (v.). Related: Miseducated; miseducating …   Etymology dictionary

  • miseducate — miseducation, n. /mis ej oo kayt /, v.t., miseducated, miseducating. to educate improperly. [MIS 1 + EDUCATE] * * * …   Universalium

  • miseducate — v. teach improperly, educate incorrectly …   English contemporary dictionary

  • miseducate — mis•ed′u•cate v. t. cat•ed, cat•ing …   From formal English to slang

  • miseducate — miseducation, n. /mis ej oo kayt /, v.t., miseducated, miseducating. to educate improperly. [MIS 1 + EDUCATE] …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pollyanna principle — The Pollyanna principle or Pollyannaism describes the tendency for people to agree with positive statements describing them. It is sometimes called positivity bias. The phenomenon is similar to the Forer effect.The concept as described by Matlin… …   Wikipedia

  • miseducation — See miseducate. * * * …   Universalium

  • mislead — mis·lead /mis lēd/ vb led / led/, lead·ing vt: to lead into a mistaken action or belief: to cause to have a false impression vi: to create a false impression compare deceive Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law …   Law dictionary

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