mispersuasion

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ persuasion

Noun

mispersuasion (plural mispersuasions)

1. 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

• “mispersuasion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.