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misdirection

noun

Etymology

From mis- + direction.

  1. derived from dīrēctiō
  2. derived from direccion
  3. inherited from direccioun
  4. prefixed as misdirection — “mis + direction”

Definitions

  1. An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.

    • The magician used misdirection to get us to watch his left hand while he did something with his right hand.

  2. Movement or tendency in the wrong direction.

  3. An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court,…

    An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court.

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Derived

misdirectional

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for misdirection. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA