mispersuasion
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mis- + persuasion.
Noun
[edit]mispersuasion (plural mispersuasions)
- A false persuasion; a wrong notion or opinion.
- 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:
- My secrets ſins O Lord, are innumerable; ſins I noted not, ſins that I willingly neglected, ſins that I acted upon wilfull ignorance and voluntary miſperſuaſion
References
[edit]- “mispersuasion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.