Definition of disinformation in English: disinformation
noun mass noun False information which is intended to mislead, especially propaganda issued by a government organization to a rival power or the media.
‘the entire Western intelligence system had been systematically manipulated with clever disinformation’
as modifier ‘a government inspired disinformation campaign’
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‘Except what I felt so much about is the malicious and continuous disinformation given by media to the people.’ ‘How can we tell whether and when we are on the receiving end of hype and spin, of misinformation and disinformation?’ ‘What kind of people would use a grieving First Lady to unwittingly spread disinformation and to raise false hopes?’ ‘It is their sneaky methods, of propaganda, disinformation and manipulation of intelligence.’ ‘And all kinds of information that has really been disinformation about it has really proven false.’ ‘It is full of misinformation, disinformation, noninformation, and just plain lies.’ ‘They acted as willing collaborators in a concerted campaign of disinformation designed to justify a criminal war of aggression.’ ‘The misinformation and disinformation that is circulated makes it impossible for any fair-minded commentator to take sides in the issue.’ ‘They argued that the KGB would not have missed such an opportunity to feed the West disinformation.’ ‘Employers' group Ibec has insisted that a campaign of disinformation is under way.’ ‘Soviet spokesmen kept up a steady stream of denials and disinformation in September.’ ‘The Germans totally believed our disinformation campaign prior to the Normandy invasion.’ ‘This would mean dropping in a new nugget of information - or disinformation.’ ‘Get ready for a deluge of information and disinformation on this one.’ ‘I navigate my way through the morass of information and disinformation.’ ‘Now that the curtain has fallen, information as well as disinformation travels in both directions.’ ‘What we do not need is the selective, or careless, transmission of misinformation or disinformation.’ ‘During a war both sides hide their correct information and spread disinformation.’ ‘Language, the use of words, and how information and disinformation is handled, can be crucial to the twists and turns of history.’ ‘How could the press or the citizenry distinguish between information and disinformation?’ Synonyms
lie , falsehood, fib, fabrication, deception, made-up story, trumped-up story, fake news, invention, fiction, piece of fiction, falsification, falsity, cock and bull story, barefaced lie
View synonyms Origin 1950s: formed on the pattern of Russian dezinformatsiya.
Pronunciation disinformation /ˌdɪsɪnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/