1. the process of helping someone unlearn or abandon previously learned ideas, habits, or beliefs
Usage: often used in educational or therapeutic contexts

Examples

• The unteaching of harmful stereotypes requires patience and understanding.
• Her therapy focused on the unteaching of negative thought patterns.
• The workshop emphasized unteaching outdated business practices.
• Unteaching prejudice is often harder than teaching tolerance.
• The program’s goal was the unteaching of destructive behaviors.
• Effective unteaching requires replacing old concepts with new ones.