misknowledge

noun

mis·​knowledge "+ 

: false knowledge : misunderstanding

might have augmented the already great misknowledge of the Arctic had I published everything I imagined I had seen

—Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Word History

Etymology

mis- entry 1 + knowledge

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Rhymes for misknowledge

• acknowledge
• precollege
• college
• haulage
• knowledge
• foreknowledge