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disinformation

noun, verb — 3 senses

disinformation

noun

UK /ˌdɪsɪnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/ · CA, US /ˌdɪsɪnfɚˈmeɪʃən/

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.

1

False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.

2

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.2025 May 27, Thomas Carothers, “A new low on US democracy support”, in POLITICO:
Derived terms
disinformational, disinformationist, disinfotainment

disinformation

verb

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.

1

To use disinformation.

  • A country cannot disinformation its way out of fallen soldiers.
Related terms
dezinformatsiya, disinform, malinformation, misinformation, propaganda

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