Misteaching
Misteaching
#538. Misteaching. -- N. misteaching[obs], misinformaton,
misintelligence[obs], misguidance, misdirection, mispersuasion[obs],
misinstruction[obs], misleading &c. v.; perversion, false teaching;
sophistry &c. 477; college of Laputa; the blind leading the blind.
- [misteaching by government agents] propaganda, disinformation,
agitprop; indoctrination.
- V. misinform, misteach[obs], misdescribe[obs], misinstruct[obs],
miscorrect[obs]; misdirect, misguide; pervert; put on a false scent, throw
off the scent, throw off the trail; deceive &c. 545; mislead &c. (error) 495;
misrepresent; lie &c. 544; ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces [Lat][Vergil].
- propagandize, disinform.
- render unintelligible &c. 519; bewilder &c. (uncertainty) 475; mystify
&c. (conceal) 528; unteach.
- [person or government agent who misteaches] propagandist.
- Adj. misteaching &c. v[obs]; unedifying.
- Phr. piscem natare doces [Lat]; the blind leading the blind.