Unlearn
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transitive verb.
To put (something learned) out of the mind; forget.
transitive verb.
To undo the effect of; put aside the practice of.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To discard, put away, or get rid of (what one has learned); forget the knowledge of.
To fail to learn; not to learn.
To put away acquired knowledge; become ignorant.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of.
transitive verb.
To fail to learn.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
To
discard
the
knowledge
of.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb.
try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge
verb.
discard something previously learnt, like an old habit
Word Usage
"On Unlearning Racism, Sexism or Classism: ... 'to unlearn' is not the opposite of 'to learn.'"
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
bury
cast aside
cast out
castaway
chuck out
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
analysable
and
defeated
first-order
re-acted
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
forge
variant
unlearnt
verb-form
unlearned
unlearning
unlearns
unlearnt