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MISINFORMATION

Pronunciation (US):

• MISINFORMATION (noun)
The noun MISINFORMATION has 1 sense:

1. information that is incorrect

Familiarity information: MISINFORMATION used as a noun is very rare.

• MISINFORMATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Information that is incorrect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("misinformation" is a kind of...):

info; information (a message received and understood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "misinformation"):

blowback (misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service)

disinformation (misinformation that is deliberately disseminated in order to influence or confuse rivals (foreign enemies or business competitors etc.))

"He who pays the piper calls the tune."
(English proverb)
"One man's medicine is another man's poison."
(Latin proverb)
"Good enough for Government work."
(American proverb)
"From children and drunks will you hear the truth."
(Danish proverb)

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