Meanings
- uncountableFalse information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.
- uncountableFabricated or deliberately manipulated content; intentionally created conspiracy theories or rumors.
Moreover, Trump’s use of obvious disinformation — the amateurish video he showed Ramaphosa, and his accompanying statements about the “over a thousand” killings of white farmers — to try and make his case has uprooted whatever U.S. credibility had survived over the last several months.
2025 May 27, Thomas Carothers, “A new low on US democracy support”, in POLITICO
present singular third person disinformations · participle present disinformationing · participle past disinformationed · past disinformationed
- transitiveTo use disinformation.
A country cannot disinformation its way out of fallen soldiers.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Composed of dis- + information. Attested in the sense “intentional misinformation” in English from 1939. A different usage of disinformation occurred earlier, as early as 1887, as a simple synonym of misinformation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَعْلُومَات مُضَلِّلَة
- مَعْلُومَات مُضَلِّلَة (maʕlūmāt muḍallila)intentionally false information
Bulgarian дезинформа́ция
- дезинформа́ция (dezinformácija)intentionally false information
Catalan desinformació
- desinformacióintentionally false information
Chinese Mandarin 假情報 /假情报, 訛傳 /讹传
- 假情報 /假情报 (jiǎ qíngbào)intentionally false information
- 訛傳 /讹传 (échuán)intentionally false information
- 謊報 /谎报 (huǎngbào)intentionally false information
Czech dezinformace
- dezinformaceintentionally false information
Danish misinformation
- misinformationintentionally false information
Dutch desinformatie
- desinformatieintentionally false information
Estonian desinformatsioon
- desinformatsioonintentionally false information
Finnish disinformaatio, harhatiedotus
- disinformaatiointentionally false information
- harhatiedotusintentionally false information
French désinformation, mésinformation
- désinformationintentionally false information
- mésinformationintentionally false information
German Desinformation
- Desinformationintentionally false information
Greek παραπληροφόρηση
- παραπληροφόρηση (paraplirofórisi)intentionally false information
Hebrew דִּיסְאִינְפוֹרְמַצְיָה
- דִּיסְאִינְפוֹרְמַצְיָה (disinformátsya)intentionally false information
Hindi दुस्सूचना, दुष्प्रचार
- दुस्सूचना (dussūcnā)intentionally false information
- दुष्प्रचार (duṣpracār)intentionally false information
Hungarian dezinformáció, félrevezetés
- dezinformációintentionally false information
- félrevezetésintentionally false information
Indonesian disinformasi
- disinformasiintentionally false information
Irish bréagaisnéis, bréageolas
- bréagaisnéisintentionally false information
- bréageolasintentionally false information
Italian disinformazione, controinformazione
- disinformazioneintentionally false information
- controinformazioneintentionally false information
- misinformazioneintentionally false information
Japanese 偽情報, 誤報
- 偽情報 (nisejōhō)intentionally false information
- 誤報 (gohō)intentionally false information
Korean 역정보, 오보
- 역정보 (yeokjeongbo)intentionally false information
- 오보 (obo)intentionally false information
Latvian dezinformācija
- dezinformācijaintentionally false information
Lithuanian dezinformacija
- dezinformacijaintentionally false information
Malay maklumat palsu, disinformasi
- maklumat palsuintentionally false information
- disinformasiintentionally false information
Norwegian Bokmål desinformasjon
- desinformasjonintentionally false information
Persian دروغرسانی, دروغپراکنی
- دروغرسانی (dorôġ-resâni)intentionally false information
- دروغپراکنی (dorôġ-parâkani)intentionally false information
Polish dezinformacja
- dezinformacjaintentionally false information
Portuguese desinformação
- desinformaçãointentionally false information
Romanian dezinformație, dezinformare
- dezinformațieintentionally false information
- dezinformareintentionally false information
Russian дезинформа́ция, де́за
- дезинформа́ция (dezinformácija)intentionally false information
- де́за (déza)intentionally false information
Slovak dezinformácia
- dezinformáciaintentionally false information
Spanish desinformación
- desinformaciónintentionally false information
Swedish desinformation
- desinformationintentionally false information
Turkish dezenformasyon
- dezenformasyonintentionally false information
Ukrainian дезінформа́ція, дезінформува́ння
- дезінформа́ція (dezinformácija)intentionally false information
- дезінформува́ння (dezinformuvánnja)intentionally false information
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with disinformation
Cite this entry
disinformation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinformation
“disinformation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinformation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disinformation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinformation.
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