disinformation
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Definition of disinformation
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (uncountable)False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.
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noun
- (uncountable)False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.
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(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
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(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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