Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To put (something learned) out of the mind; forget.
- transitive verb To undo the effect of; put aside the practice of.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from 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 obsolete To fail to learn.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
discard theknowledge of.
from 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
Etymologies
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Examples
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On Unlearning Racism, Sexism or Classism: ... 'to unlearn' is not the opposite of 'to learn.'
MORE NOTES FROM A HOUSEBOUND OBSERVER Maggie Jochild 2007
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Bostwick said he has tried to instill in players that they can conquer - or "unlearn" - fear.
unknown title 2009
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The thing I have to unlearn is to think constantly that I am hungry.
I have now joined Weight Watchers « Me, Myself and Other Things 2009
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Roethlisberger should undergo counseling to "unlearn" his abusive ways.
Anne Mai Bertelsen: What Kind of Girl Effect are Nike and Roethlisberger Promoting? Anne Mai Bertelsen 2010
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According to Scott, Viral Marketing is the way to go, but we have to "unlearn" what we know as traditional marketers and embrace a new set of rules.
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 According to Scott, Viral Marketing is the way to go, but we have to "unlearn" what we know as traditional marketers and embrace a new set of rules.
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According to Scott, Viral Marketing is the way to go, but we have to "unlearn" what we know as traditional marketers and embrace a new set of rules.
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According to Scott, Viral Marketing is the way to go, but we have to "unlearn" what we know as traditional marketers and embrace a new set of rules.
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 According to Scott, Viral Marketing is the way to go, but we have to "unlearn" what we know as traditional marketers and embrace a new set of rules.
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According to Scott, Viral Marketing is the way to go, but we have to "unlearn" what we know as traditional marketers and embrace a new set of rules.
skipvia commented on the word unlearn
You often hear jazz or rock musicians say that they needed to "unlearn" classical forms in order to experiment with improvisation or different melodic structures. Interesting concept...
October 22, 2007
uselessness commented on the word unlearn
Unlearning is needed to excel in a lot of fields, because it leads to "thinking outside the box." See also: deprogramming for a related concept of mind-renewal.
October 23, 2007
dailyword commented on the word unlearn
Yoda wanted Luke to do this when he was training.
June 18, 2012