misdirection
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7.2
- noun
- /ˌmɪsdɪˈrɛkʃən/
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distracción
- A magician uses misdirection to divert the audience's attention from the trick being performed.
- rely on misdirection
- misdirection and illusion
And Agustin says just watch out because words like trafficking and rescued can be a magician's misdirection.
- And Agustin says just watch out because words like trafficking and rescued can be a magician's misdirection.
- We study misdirection and mind control techniques to understand consciousness and free will.
Examples
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The two principles of every rip-off are misdirection and speed.
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In my opinion, they have made electoral fraud into a science, up to and including the classic misdirection of pretending they are the ones concerned about fraud.
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And misdirection is getting the people to look in the wrong place at the right times.
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Everything so far has been misdirection.
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The key to effective illusion is misdirection.
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Misdirection is at the heart of all great magic tricks.
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As a magician, I deal partly in illusion, and misdirection is one of my basic techniques.
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Again, misdirection is key.
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The art of misdirection.
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But notice the reader was not told whose letter from the draft board Toodles clutched, nor who owned the golf clubs, a nice bit of misdirection on the part of the author.
Blog text (30)
Synonyms
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2.9
Something that takes your attention away from what you are doing
Antonyms
How Distracting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Misdirection mixes mis- 'wrong' and direction 'to guide', and a helpful image is a magician who points your attention one way while doing the trick with the other. So misdirection is a deliberate drawing away of attention, which is why it means a distracting move.