disinformation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌdɪsɪnfəˈmæɪʃ(ə)n/ (Australia)
- audio Queensland
- /ˌdɪsɪnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌdɪsɪnfɚˈmeɪʃən/ (Canada, General-American)
- /dɪsˌɪnfɚˈmeɪʃən/ (Canada, General-American)
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.
Meanings
- (uncountable) False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.
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(uncountable) 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:
Deriveds
disinformational · disinformationist · disinfotainment
Translations (68)
kk дезинформация (intentionally false information) · pt desinformação (intentionally false information) · ja 誤報 (intentionally false information) · ru де́за (intentionally false information) · fr mésinformation (intentionally false information) · lv dezinformācija (intentionally false information) · hy ապատեղեկատվություն (intentionally false information) · az dezinformasiya (intentionally false information) · ga bréagaisnéis (intentionally false information) · be дэзынфарма́цыя (intentionally false information) · sh dezinformácija (intentionally false information) · cmn 訛傳 /讹传 (intentionally false information) · sh дезинформа́ција (intentionally false information) · fr désinformation (intentionally false information) · et desinformatsioon (intentionally false information) · hi दुष्प्रचार (intentionally false information) · ms disinformasi (intentionally false information) · tk dezinformasiýa (intentionally false information) · cmn 假情報 /假情报 (intentionally false information) · mk дезинформација (intentionally false information) · sk dezinformácia (intentionally false information) · sv desinformation (intentionally false information) · fa دروغپراکنی (intentionally false information) · fi disinformaatio (intentionally false information) · hu dezinformáció (intentionally false information) · es desinformación (intentionally false information) · uk дезінформа́ція (intentionally false information) · ko 오보 (intentionally false information) · nb desinformasjon (intentionally false information) · pl dezinformacja (intentionally false information) · ro dezinformare (intentionally false information) · sl dezinformácija (intentionally false information) · sq dezinformacion (intentionally false information) · ru дезинформа́ция (intentionally false information) · ja 偽情報 (intentionally false information) · nn desinformasjon (intentionally false information) · lt dezinformacija (intentionally false information) · el παραπληροφόρηση (intentionally false information) · uk дезінформува́ння (intentionally false information) · it controinformazione (intentionally false information) · km ព័ត៌មានមិនពិត (intentionally false information) · id disinformasi (intentionally false information) · de Desinformation (intentionally false information) · uz dezinformatsiya (intentionally false information) · bg дезинформа́ция (intentionally false information) · ga bréageolas (intentionally false information) · tg маълумоти дурӯғ (intentionally false information) · he דִּיסְאִינְפוֹרְמַצְיָה (intentionally false information) · ro dezinformație (intentionally false information) · ms maklumat palsu (intentionally false information) · cs dezinformace (intentionally false information) · da misinformation (intentionally false information) · fa دروغرسانی (intentionally false information) · nl desinformatie (intentionally false information) · ko 역정보 (intentionally false information) · be дэзінфарма́цыя (intentionally false information) · cmn 謊報 /谎报 (intentionally false information) · hi दुस्सूचना (intentionally false information) · ka დეზინფორმაცია (intentionally false information) · tg дуруғрасонӣ (intentionally false information) · tr dezenformasyon (intentionally false information) · it disinformazione (intentionally false information) · fi harhatiedotus (intentionally false information) · it misinformazione (intentionally false information) · ky дезинформация (intentionally false information) · hu félrevezetés (intentionally false information) · ca desinformació (intentionally false information) · ar مَعْلُومَات مُضَلِّلَة (intentionally false information)