disinformation

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
23
Letters
14
Pronunciation
/ˌdɪsɪnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/
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/ˌdɪsɪnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/ · /dɪsˌɪnfɚˈmeɪʃən/(US)

Definition of disinformation

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.
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noun

  1. (uncountable)False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.
  2. (uncountable)Fabricated or deliberately manipulated content; intentionally created conspiracy theories or rumors.
    “Moreover, Trump’s use of obvious disinformation — the amateurish video he showed Ramaphosa, and his accompanying statements about the “over a thousand” killings of white farmers — to try and make his case has uprooted whatever U.S. credibility had survived over the last several months.”

verb

  1. (transitive)To use disinformation.
    “A country cannot disinformation its way out of fallen soldiers.”

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Etymology

Composed of dis- + information. Attested in the sense “intentional misinformation” in English from 1939. A different usage of disinformation occurred earlier, as early as 1887, as a simple synonym of misinformation.

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