Disinformation Definition

dĭs-ĭnfər-māshən
noun
False information spread deliberately, specif. by a government, in order to mislead enemies or to mold public opinion.
Webster's New World
Dissemination of such misleading information.
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Other Word Forms of Disinformation

Noun

Singular:
disinformation
Plural:
disinformations

Origin of Disinformation

  • From dis- + information, perhaps after Russian дезинформация (dezinformácija), in turn from French désinformation.

    From Wiktionary

Disinformation Sentence Examples

  • They have significant resources with which to spread disinformation.

  • And either they are mistaken or they are involved in media disinformation.

  • There has been for many years a government disinformation.

  • Men who stop at nothing to undermine elected officials and spread disinformation.

  • Such disinformation would constitute a loss to the victim, in that it might cause the agent to make decisions injurious to itself.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIS

Words Ending With

NONION

Unscrambles

disinformation

Words Starting With D and Ending With N

Starts With D & Ends With NStarts With DI & Ends With NStarts With D & Ends With ON

Word Length

14 Letter Words14 Letter Words Starting With D14 Letter Words Ending With N