misdirection
An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.
Noun
- 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.
- Movement or tendency in the wrong direction.
- An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meythâ‚‚-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.