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misinfluence

verb
/mɪsˈɪnfluəns/

Etymology

From mis- + influence.

  1. derived from īnfluēns
  2. derived from īnfluentia
  3. derived from influence
  4. inherited from influence
  5. prefixed as misinfluence — “mis + influence”

Definitions

  1. To influence in a detrimental manner

    To influence in a detrimental manner; to act as a bad influence on.

  2. A bad influence

    A bad influence; something that misinfluences.

    • So I must also keep in mind as I write this that what I describe, again, may not tend to truth because of some environmental misinfluence.

  3. The act or status of misinfluencing.

    • We can supplement them; we can keep them from exerting any great misinfluence; in short , we can use them instead of being used by them .

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