misinfluence
/mɪsˈɪnfluəns/
misinfluence verb: to influence in a detrimental manner; to act as a bad influence on.
Verb
misinfluence (third-person singular simple present misinfluences, present participle misinfluencing, simple past and past participle misinfluenced)
- To influence in a detrimental manner; to act as a bad influence on.
- It would still continue to work within as a disturbing and perturbing potency, which detracts from the proper freshness and vigour of the moral zeal, which misinfluences man more or less to yield inclinations and undercurrents of feeling, which do not appear in directly definite offences but still...1853, Julius Müller, translated by W. Pulsford, The Christian doctrine of sin, page 285
- We do not want a great organization such as is now being brought about through farmers' movements to misrepresent the grain dealsers of this Nation to the point where they will arouse in the hearts and minds of the producers a prejudice against our services, or arouse in the hearts and minds of the...1922, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Investigation of Organizations Engaged in Combating Legislation for the Relief of Agriculture, page 223
Noun
misinfluence (countable and uncountable, plural misinfluences)
- A bad influence; something that misinfluences.
- So I must also keep in mind as I write this that what I describe, again, may not tend to truth because of some environmental misinfluence.1968, James McClure, The Hanging of the Angels, page 256
- At one and the same time it is considered to be the in-profession, the sophisticated career, the forward-looking opportunity, the world of the avant-garde and at the same time it is reckoned to be a misinfluence, a sham, a hypocritical calling that could do with a bit more hypercriticism from its...1969, Advertisers Weekly: Organ of British Advertising - Volume 242, page 25
- The act or status of misinfluencing.
- We can supplement them; we can keep them from exerting any great misinfluence; in short , we can use them instead of being used by them .1930, The English Journal - Volume 19, page 238
- The sailors, soldiers, and other members of the armed forces have left their mark on society. Some marks are misinfluence, misrepresentation, illegitimate children, and misinterpretation of the ways of society in the prospective territories.1959, Red, White, and Black: Ernow and Erlong Past, Present and Future, page 41
Forms of misinfluence
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | misinfluences |
| present participle | misinfluencing |
| past participle | misinfluenced |
| past | misinfluenced |
| Noun | |
| plural | misinfluences |
Origin of misinfluence
From mis- + influence.
Questions about misinfluence
- What does misinfluence mean?
- Misinfluence means to influence in a detrimental manner; to act as a bad influence on.
- What part of speech is misinfluence?
- Misinfluence can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce misinfluence?
- Misinfluence is pronounced /mɪsˈɪnfluəns/.
- What is the past tense of misinfluence?
- The past tense of misinfluence is misinfluenced.
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