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disinformation
- /ˌdɪsɪnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/ UK
- /ˌdɪsɪnfɚˈmeɪʃən/ Canada, US
- /dɪsˌɪnfɚˈmeɪʃən/ Canada, US
- /ˌdɪsɪnfəˈmæɪʃ(ə)n/ Australia
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
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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.
noun
- False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.
- 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 disinformations · disinformationing · disinformationed
- To use disinformation. A country cannot disinformation its way out of fallen soldiers.
Translations
Every language
noun intentionally false information
| Español | desinformación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 역정보 yeokjeongbo, 오보 obo |
| 日本語 | 偽情報 nisejōhō, 誤報 gohō |
| 中文 | 假情報 /假情报 jiǎ qíngbào, 訛傳 /讹传 échuán, 謊報 /谎报 huǎngbào |
| हिन्दी | दुस्सूचना dussūcnā, दुष्प्रचार duṣpracār |
| Português | desinformação |
| Français | désinformation, mésinformation |
| Deutsch | Desinformation |
| Italiano | disinformazione, controinformazione, misinformazione |
| Ελληνικά | παραπληροφόρηση paraplirofórisi |
| Română | dezinformație, dezinformare |
| Русский | дезинформа́ция dezinformácija, де́за déza |
| العربية | مَعْلُومَات مُضَلِّلَة maʕlūmāt muḍallila |
| עברית | דִּיסְאִינְפוֹרְמַצְיָה disinformátsya |
Talk about this word "disinformation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/disinformation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. disinformation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/disinformation "disinformation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/disinformation.Cite this
@misc{disinformation_2026,
title = {disinformation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disinformation},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
