misguidancen.
/ˌmɪsˈɡʌɪdns/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈɡaɪd(ə)ns/ Misdirection; foolish guidance; misguidedness.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > [noun] > leading into error
misleadinga1387
miscounsellinga1475
misguiding1480
misguidance1606
mislearing1871
1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices iii. 143 This misrule, or misguidance of the Common-wealth by corrupt iudgement or iniquitie.
1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie Ep. Ded. 4 The misguidance of many well meaning soules..which are impetuously carried away in the throng.
1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Sensus Communis: Ess. Freedom of Wit 72 By a small Misguidance of the Affection, a Lover of Mankind, becomes a Ravager.
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes v. 258 He wanders..in a world of which he is as the spiritual light, either the guidance or the misguidance!
1919 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 16 33 There are..other histories of philosophy that certainly are not guilty of being sources of these forms of misguidance.
1991 E. S. Connell Alchymist's Jrnl. 23 For too many is thought considered a vacant entity, but this is misguidance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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