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MISINFORMATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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.))
Derivation:
misinform (give false or misleading information to)
