misdirection
noun
Origin of misdirection
Examples from the Web for misdirection
Contemporary Examples of misdirection
But under what moral principle must a nation mimic both the madness and the misdirection of its enemy?
The constant disinformation, distraction, misdirection, confabulation, and endless stream of threats actually works.
Is this a Benghazi misdirection from those masters of deception in the White House, a latter day Whitewater?
This misdirection is also likely what led CNN and Fox News to mistakenly report that the mandate had been struck down.
In that regard, Eisner proved confounding, with his comments reading more like misdirection than tea leaves.
Historical Examples of misdirection
She necessarily recalled to him his life, with all its misdirection and little happiness.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
Ignorance is not simply the negation of knowledge, it is the misdirection of the mind.
How to SucceedOrison Swett Marden
But no gift of God does or can contradict any other gift, except by misuse or misdirection.
Aids to ReflectionSamuel Taylor Coleridge
But they effect, as we have seen, not an encouragement, but a misdirection of industry.
A Defence of VirginiaRobert L. Dabney
One cause of misdirection is the prevalence of a strong side wind.
The Mastery of the AirWilliam J. Claxton