disinformation

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

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

Verb

To use disinformation.

Conceptos

desinformación

Sinónimos

misinformation

indoctrination

propaganda

faked information

bogus intelligence

Traducciones

désinformation

disinformazione

Desinformation

παραπληροφόρηση

desinformatie

desinformació

desinformação

dezenformasyon

intox

Contrainformação

Contra-informação

dezenformasyon

Désinformation

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˌdɪsɪnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/

Etimología (Inglés)

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.