disinformation
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fərˈmeɪ noun
false information, as about a country's military strength or plans, publicly announced or planted in the news media, especially of other countries.
Origin:
1965–70; dis-1 + information, as translation of Russian dezinformátsiya < French désinform(er) to misinform + Russian -atsiya ≪ Latin -ātiō (see -ation)
1965–70; dis-1 + information, as translation of Russian dezinformátsiya < French désinform(er) to misinform + Russian -atsiya ≪ Latin -ātiō (see -ation)
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| —n | |
| false information intended to deceive or mislead | |
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Disinformation
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
disinformation
1955, from Rus. dezinformatsiya (1949).
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Example sentences
Come on boys prove to me that you are not willing victims of a propaganda and disinformation program.
When this is permitted to occur, much disinformation is disseminated and the industry and consumer are misled.
Today, the army's story was exposed as disinformation.
We do not need any more cover-ups, no more disinformation.
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