unlearnv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈləːn/, U.S.

/ˌənˈlərn/

Forms: see un- prefix² and learn v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², learn v.

Etymology: < un- prefix² + learn v.With sense 1 compare Middle Dutch ontlēren , onlēren (Dutch †ontleeren ), Middle Low German entlēren , and also German entlernen (late 15th cent.). With sense 2 compare German †entlehren (16th cent.; < ent- un- prefix² + lehren to teach: see lere v.).

(a) transitive. To forget or relinquish knowledge of (something previously learned); esp. to put (something considered undesirable) out of one's mind; to give up or discontinue (a habit or practice).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > deliberate forgetting, condoning > [verb (transitive)] > consign to oblivion

defacec1386

to strike by1457

efface1490

unlearna1500

obliterate1548

delete1563

oblivionize1593

dismiss1594

bury1595

oblivion1659

obliviate1661

erase1695

to go into the discard1927

cancel1990

a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 12 (MED) Withstonde þyne inclinacion & unlerne [L. dedisce] evel custom.

1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. iii. ii. sig. Nii^v The best kynde of learnynge is to vnlearne our euyls.

1575 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians f. 188 It is to vs no lesse labour to vnlearne and forget the same.

1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. ii. 9 Those things which are hurtfull, which they must bee taught to vnlearne againe.

1686 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence (ed. 3) i. 2 The most necessary learning for mans life, is to unlearn that which is nought and vain.

1738 T. Lediard German Spy xlv. 411 It has been the Business of three or four Years more to unlearn (if I may be allowed the Expression) the ill Habits.

1779 Mirror No. 12 As they have learned many foreign, so have they unlearned some of the..best understood home phrases.

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iii. 31 Thou hast given A boon which I will not resign, and taught A lesson not to be unlearned.

1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire vii. 135 The habits of centuries were not to be unlearnt in a few years.

1920 Times 9 June 11/2 We were fast unlearning the lessons of the war.

1962 R. V. McCann Churches & Mental Health iv. 62 The person unlearns defensive patterns.

2010 Independent 8 Dec. 3/3 (heading) We will never unlearn or unknow the great truths that Julian Assange has brought to the world.

(b) transitive. With infinitive clause as object. To forget how to; to learn not to; to cease to.

ΚΠ

1584 J. Lyly Alexander, Campaspe, & Diogenes ii. ii. sig. C^v Alex. How should one learne to be content? Diog. Vnlearne to couet.

1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 351 In these I learn to shun sin, I un-learn to blush at repentance for offences.

1691 M. Morgan Poem to Queen 3 He learns to flatter, and unlearns to blush.

1717 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence (ed. 11) vi. 29 Pythagoras enjoyned his Scholars a Quinquennial Silence, that they might learn to Meditate, and unlearn to Talk.

1770 A. Brice Mobiad iii. 56 Girls..unlearn to spin.

1816 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 41 144 O could this wrinkled hand unlearn to sag.

1881 Jrnl. Social Sci. 13 99 They learn, or cannot unlearn to love cheating and abusing.

1933 China Press (Shanghai) 30 Jan. 13/7 Before attaining feminity girls must unlearn to be boys.

1976 A. Singh Novels of Harlem Renaissance iii. 77 Sandy..never unlearns to admire Jimboy.

2003 J. Milton in J. Milton & P. Jung Epilepsy as Dynamic Dis. i. 13 The use of biofeedback techniques to treat patients also supports the notion that the brain can unlearn to have seizures.

b. intransitive. To forget; to put specific knowledge out of one's mind.

ΚΠ

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 768/2 It is a payne to lerne thynges, but a man may unlerne by goyng a huntyng.

1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs iii. xi. 16 in Purple Island How canst unlearn by learning to forget it?

1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 246 As it is the unfittest Time to learn in, so the unfitness of it to unlearn will be found much greater.

a1751 Visct. Bolingbroke Philos. Wks. (1754) II. 244 They who are in the last, must unlearn before they can learn to any good purpose.

1799 Monthly Rev. 30 120 According to an axiom founded on daily experience, to unlearn and forget are very difficult.

1859 D. Urquhart On Ital. War 17 You cannot send a nation to a nursery, but you may send it to school: it has got to learn, and, in your case, to unlearn.

1868 J. R. Lowell Parting of Ways 59 That way lies Youth, and Wisdom,..For only by unlearning Wisdom comes.

1921 Methodist Rev. Nov. 993 One who writes on this subject should be..possessed of an open mind ready to unlearn and to learn.

2016 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 14 July (Jobs section) 3 Any advice for those wishing to join the profession? Learn and unlearn every day.

2. transitive. To cause (a person) to discard or forget previous knowledge; to unteach. Frequently with double object. Chiefly colloquial in later use (now usually considered nonstandard).

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > [verb (transitive)] > unteach (a person)

unteach?1533

unlearn1615

unschool1820

unscholar1823

to school away1917

1615 J. Swetnam Araignm. Lewde, Idle, Froward, & Vnconstant Women iii. 46 Thou must vnlearne a widdow and make her forget and forgoe her former corrupt and disordered behauiour.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. Pref. sig. B2 Our Modern Engine (the Microscope) wil ocularly evince and unlearn them their opinions.

1756 W. Guthrie tr. Quintilian Inst. Eloquence I. ii. iii. 76 The Master who succeeds has a double Task, that of unlearning their Pupils what they learnt before.

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. vi. i. 495 Legal learning..can never have fairly unlearnt a man the difference between three and one and a half.

1864 S. B. Warner Old Helmet I. 102 I must unlearn you a little of your kindness.

1893 Harper's Mag. Dec. 61/2 He's jest said what I've been a-learnin' 'im... But he's got to be unlearned.

1959 E. J. Carnell Case for Orthodox Theol. ii. 28 He was so opinionated that no amount of evidence could unlearn him.

2006 H. Lyttelton It Just Occurred to Me 118 Don't worry, madam—I'll soon unlearn him that.

Derivatives

unˈlearning n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > deliberate forgetting, condoning > [noun] > act of

unlearning1579

obliterating1610

dismission1743

1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 55 He termeth it an vnlearnyng of all knowledge.

1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 7. 46 Art is only the unlearning of what is unnatural.

1873 E. H. Thompson Baron de Rendy ii. 43 A school for the unlearning of every Christian..feeling of compassion.

2008 P. F. Craffert Life Galilean Shaman p. ix One of the most difficult tasks was the unlearning of taken-for-granted research truths.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unlearn
释义	unlearnv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈləːn/, U.S. /ˌənˈlərn/ Forms: see un- prefix² and learn v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², learn v. Etymology: < un- prefix² + learn v.With sense 1 compare Middle Dutch ontlēren , onlēren (Dutch †ontleeren ), Middle Low German entlēren , and also German entlernen (late 15th cent.). With sense 2 compare German †entlehren (16th cent.; < ent- un- prefix² + lehren to teach: see lere v.). 1. a. (a) transitive. To forget or relinquish knowledge of (something previously learned); esp. to put (something considered undesirable) out of one's mind; to give up or discontinue (a habit or practice). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > deliberate forgetting, condoning > [verb (transitive)] > consign to oblivion defacec1386 to strike by1457 efface1490 unlearna1500 obliterate1548 delete1563 oblivionize1593 dismiss1594 bury1595 oblivion1659 obliviate1661 erase1695 to go into the discard1927 cancel1990 a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 12 (MED) Withstonde þyne inclinacion & unlerne [L. dedisce] evel custom. 1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. iii. ii. sig. Nii^v The best kynde of learnynge is to vnlearne our euyls. 1575 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians f. 188 It is to vs no lesse labour to vnlearne and forget the same. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. ii. 9 Those things which are hurtfull, which they must bee taught to vnlearne againe. 1686 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence (ed. 3) i. 2 The most necessary learning for mans life, is to unlearn that which is nought and vain. 1738 T. Lediard German Spy xlv. 411 It has been the Business of three or four Years more to unlearn (if I may be allowed the Expression) the ill Habits. 1779 Mirror No. 12 As they have learned many foreign, so have they unlearned some of the..best understood home phrases. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iii. 31 Thou hast given A boon which I will not resign, and taught A lesson not to be unlearned. 1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire vii. 135 The habits of centuries were not to be unlearnt in a few years. 1920 Times 9 June 11/2 We were fast unlearning the lessons of the war. 1962 R. V. McCann Churches & Mental Health iv. 62 The person unlearns defensive patterns. 2010 Independent 8 Dec. 3/3 (heading) We will never unlearn or unknow the great truths that Julian Assange has brought to the world. (b) transitive. With infinitive clause as object. To forget how to; to learn not to; to cease to. ΚΠ 1584 J. Lyly Alexander, Campaspe, & Diogenes ii. ii. sig. C^v Alex. How should one learne to be content? Diog. Vnlearne to couet. 1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 351 In these I learn to shun sin, I un-learn to blush at repentance for offences. 1691 M. Morgan Poem to Queen 3 He learns to flatter, and unlearns to blush. 1717 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence (ed. 11) vi. 29 Pythagoras enjoyned his Scholars a Quinquennial Silence, that they might learn to Meditate, and unlearn to Talk. 1770 A. Brice Mobiad iii. 56 Girls..unlearn to spin. 1816 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 41 144 O could this wrinkled hand unlearn to sag. 1881 Jrnl. Social Sci. 13 99 They learn, or cannot unlearn to love cheating and abusing. 1933 China Press (Shanghai) 30 Jan. 13/7 Before attaining feminity girls must unlearn to be boys. 1976 A. Singh Novels of Harlem Renaissance iii. 77 Sandy..never unlearns to admire Jimboy. 2003 J. Milton in J. Milton & P. Jung Epilepsy as Dynamic Dis. i. 13 The use of biofeedback techniques to treat patients also supports the notion that the brain can unlearn to have seizures. b. intransitive. To forget; to put specific knowledge out of one's mind. ΚΠ 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 768/2 It is a payne to lerne thynges, but a man may unlerne by goyng a huntyng. 1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs iii. xi. 16 in Purple Island How canst unlearn by learning to forget it? 1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 246 As it is the unfittest Time to learn in, so the unfitness of it to unlearn will be found much greater. a1751 Visct. Bolingbroke Philos. Wks. (1754) II. 244 They who are in the last, must unlearn before they can learn to any good purpose. 1799 Monthly Rev. 30 120 According to an axiom founded on daily experience, to unlearn and forget are very difficult. 1859 D. Urquhart On Ital. War 17 You cannot send a nation to a nursery, but you may send it to school: it has got to learn, and, in your case, to unlearn. 1868 J. R. Lowell Parting of Ways 59 That way lies Youth, and Wisdom,..For only by unlearning Wisdom comes. 1921 Methodist Rev. Nov. 993 One who writes on this subject should be..possessed of an open mind ready to unlearn and to learn. 2016 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 14 July (Jobs section) 3 Any advice for those wishing to join the profession? Learn and unlearn every day. 2. transitive. To cause (a person) to discard or forget previous knowledge; to unteach. Frequently with double object. Chiefly colloquial in later use (now usually considered nonstandard). ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [verb (transitive)] > unteach (a person) unteach?1533 unlearn1615 unschool1820 unscholar1823 to school away1917 1615 J. Swetnam Araignm. Lewde, Idle, Froward, & Vnconstant Women iii. 46 Thou must vnlearne a widdow and make her forget and forgoe her former corrupt and disordered behauiour. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. Pref. sig. B2 Our Modern Engine (the Microscope) wil ocularly evince and unlearn them their opinions. 1756 W. Guthrie tr. Quintilian Inst. Eloquence I. ii. iii. 76 The Master who succeeds has a double Task, that of unlearning their Pupils what they learnt before. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. vi. i. 495 Legal learning..can never have fairly unlearnt a man the difference between three and one and a half. 1864 S. B. Warner Old Helmet I. 102 I must unlearn you a little of your kindness. 1893 Harper's Mag. Dec. 61/2 He's jest said what I've been a-learnin' 'im... But he's got to be unlearned. 1959 E. J. Carnell Case for Orthodox Theol. ii. 28 He was so opinionated that no amount of evidence could unlearn him. 2006 H. Lyttelton It Just Occurred to Me 118 Don't worry, madam—I'll soon unlearn him that. Derivatives unˈlearning n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > deliberate forgetting, condoning > [noun] > act of unlearning1579 obliterating1610 dismission1743 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 55 He termeth it an vnlearnyng of all knowledge. 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 7. 46 Art is only the unlearning of what is unnatural. 1873 E. H. Thompson Baron de Rendy ii. 43 A school for the unlearning of every Christian..feeling of compassion. 2008 P. F. Craffert Life Galilean Shaman p. ix One of the most difficult tasks was the unlearning of taken-for-granted research truths. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1500
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