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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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Disinformation
has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
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disinformation
1955, from Rus. dezinformatsiya (1949).
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