factoid

Meaning

1. An inaccurate statement or statistic believed to be true because of broad repetition, especially if cited in the media.
2. (US) An interesting item of trivia; a minor fact.

Synonyms

a piece of trivia

Translations

oberflächlich

scheinwahr

curiosidade

cultura inútil

fato interessante

factóide

factoide

factoide

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfæk.tɔɪd/

Etymology

From fact + -oid (“similar, but not the same”); coined by American writer Norman Mailer in 1973 in Marilyn: A Biography, defined as "facts which have no existence before appearing in a magazine or newspaper, creations which are not so much lies as a product to manipulate emotion in the Silent Majority".