mistaught
Given false lessons
Mistaught is the past tense and past participle of misteach—to teach incorrectly or harmfully.
It describes having received wrong instruction: We were mistaught that Columbus discovered America.
The word implies the error came from the teacher, not the learner.
Biased information for influence
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
dogma · ideology · manipulation · conditioning · radicalization · disinformation · misinformation · deception
Erroneous belief or understanding
- misunderstandingFailure to grasp meaning
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
- distortionTwisting from original state
- misinterpretationIncorrect understanding of meaning
inaccuracy · misrepresentation · fallacy · untruth · oversimplification · confusion · misbelief · misguidance
propaganda
Biased information for influence
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
prejudice · dogma · ideology · manipulation · conditioning · radicalization · disinformation · misinformation · deception · influence
misconception
Erroneous belief or understanding
- misunderstandingFailure to grasp meaning
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
- distortionTwisting from original state
misinterpretation · inaccuracy · misrepresentation · fallacy · untruth · oversimplification · confusion · misbelief · misguidance · wrongheadedness
pedagogy
Art of instruction
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- instructorOne who teaches skills
- classroomEducational instruction space
lesson · teaching · educator · tutoring · schooling · lecture · syllabus · textbook · pupil · student
mistaughtenlightened
Possessing profound insight
informed · well-informed · knowledgeable · educated · learned
teach, teacher, taught, unteachable, miseducate, mislearned, misteaching