Meanings
verbdisinform (third-person singular simple present disinforms, present participle disinforming, simple past and past participle disinformed)
present singular third person disinforms · participle present disinforming · participle past disinformed · past disinformed
- transitiveTo supply with disinformation.
The relationship between memory as lived and history as documented is always a complex dialogue — each informing, and disinforming, the other.
2009 May 25, “Of Memory and Israel”, in New York Times
Origin
Back-formation from disinformation, equivalent to dis- + inform.
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APA
disinform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinform
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disinform,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinform.
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