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—miseducation, n./mis ej"oo kayt'/, v.t., miseducated, miseducating.to educate improperly.[MIS-1 + EDUCATE]
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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 — verb To educate wrongly … Wiktionary
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
