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misfact en · NOUN

Etymology

From mis- + fact.

Meanings

1. (countable, rare) A wrong or untrue piece of information.
   • These transformations often occur because the "treatment" has unlocked the genetic or evolutionary "potential" being bottled up by our own inadequacies as humans — social commentary and science misfact in one big melange. 2003, Jay S Hosler, Sandwalk Adventures, page 148:
   • All summer long, I was busy battling the assistant chief who continued to cry the criminally libelous misfact. 2011, Roger Chiang, Travails To Truth: My Peace From Prison, page 8:
2. (rare, uncountable) Misinformation.
   • It is most unfortunate that FILM SOCIETY REVIEW chose to print an article about the Fourth National Student Film Festival filled with statements of misfact which raised so many questions concerning the objectives of the Festival's sponsor, […] 1969, Film Society Review, volume 5, page 13:

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