misdirection

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *missaz
Proto-Germanic *missa-
Proto-West Germanic *missa-
Old English mis-
Middle English mys-
English mis-
English direction
English misdirection

    From mis- + direction.

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

    Noun

    misdirection (countable and uncountable, plural misdirections)

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

    Derived terms

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