Meaning of disinformation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.
   uncountable
2. Fabricated or deliberately manipulated content; intentionally created conspiracy theories or rumors.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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