miseducate
Instill false knowledge
To miseducate is to educate badly or wrongly—to teach false information, instill harmful values, or fail to develop understanding.
The word implies education that actively damages rather than merely falls short: Schools that miseducate students about history perpetuate ignorance.
A miseducated person has learned, but learned the wrong things.
Coercively alter beliefs
- inculcateImplant by persistent urging
- radicalizeConvert to extreme ideology
- catechizeQuestion to instruct
- proselytizeAdvocate one's beliefs
conditioning · dogma · doctrine · ideology · orthodoxy · zealotry · fanaticism · extremism
Intentional deceptive falsehoods
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
- distortionTwisting from original state
- misleadCause false belief
- misrepresentDepict inaccurately or falsely
misstate · deceive · fabricate · falsify · hoax · canard · apocryphal · spurious
Error in reasoning
- misbeliefFalse notion held true
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
- misunderstandingFailure to grasp meaning
- misinterpretationIncorrect understanding of meaning
superstition · oversimplification · misconstrue · error · illusion · confusion · distort · warp
Lacking necessary knowledge
- unawarenessState of not knowing
- illiteracyInability to read
- naivetyInnocent lack of experience
- benightednessState of profound unawareness
obliviousness · unschooled · untutored · unlearned · clueless · unenlightened · mistaught · undereducated
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- chauvinismMilitant devotion to group
xenophobia · sexism · racism · homophobia · ageism · classism · ableism · partiality
brainwash
Coercively alter beliefs
- inculcateImplant by persistent urging
- radicalizeConvert to extreme ideology
- catechizeQuestion to instruct
proselytize · conditioning · dogma · doctrine · ideology · orthodoxy · zealotry · fanaticism · extremism · sectarian
disinformation
Intentional deceptive falsehoods
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
- distortionTwisting from original state
- misleadCause false belief
misrepresent · misstate · deceive · fabricate · falsify · hoax · canard · apocryphal · spurious · erroneous
fallacy
Error in reasoning
- misbeliefFalse notion held true
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
- misunderstandingFailure to grasp meaning
misinterpretation · superstition · oversimplification · misconstrue · error · illusion · confusion · distort · warp · skew
uninformed
Lacking necessary knowledge
- unawarenessState of not knowing
- illiteracyInability to read
- naivetyInnocent lack of experience
benightedness · obliviousness · unschooled · untutored · unlearned · clueless · unenlightened · mistaught · undereducated · gap
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
chauvinism · xenophobia · sexism · racism · homophobia · ageism · classism · ableism · partiality · favoritism
miseducateenlighten
Impart knowledge or wisdom
illuminate · inform · edify · disabuse · set straight