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mismessage

noun

Etymology

From mis- + message.

  1. derived from *meyth₂-✻ — “to exchange”
  2. derived from mitto — “send”
  3. derived from missāticum
  4. derived from message
  5. inherited from message
  6. prefixed as mismessage — “mis + message”

Definitions

  1. A message that conveys information that the sender does not wish to convey.

    • Unless there are caring adults in such children's lives, verifying their self-worth, these children are likely to believe the tragic "mismessage" of worthlessness.
    • Consequently incongruence between the elements can result in a mismessage. For example, a verbal communication could state That's OK and fine with me whilst non verbal cues (avoiding eye contact etc.) could have an opposing effect.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mismessage. 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