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Vinony

misdirection

noun

  1. form of deception, frequently funny but sometimes dangerous, in which attention is focused on one thing in order to distract from another and to give the illusion of reality
  2. lead astray
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-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.

  1. 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.”

  2. Movement or tendency in the wrong direction.
  3. An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court.