fake news

noun

Purported news stories with false or misleading information, deliberately created to disinform.

“Never trust fake news websites.”

Similar
propaganda
Opposite
news
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Meanings

nounfake news (uncountable)
  1. uncountablePurported news stories with false or misleading information, deliberately created to disinform.

    Never trust fake news websites.

    1 more example

    The scourge of “fake news”, pumped out by online bots and Russian troll farms, suggested that the authority of professional journalism had been fatally damaged by the rise of social media.

    2025 October 2, William Davies, “A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0”, in The Guardian

    Synonyms: propaganda · Antonyms: news

  2. uncountableSatirical news stories, intended to amuse.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounPurported news stories with false or misleading information, deliberately created to disinform.

Similar
propaganda
Opposite
news
Also see
lügenpresse

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 假新聞 /假新闻
  • 假新聞 /假新闻 (jiǎ xīnwén)hoax
German Falschnachricht, Fake News
  • Falschnachrichthoax
  • Fake Newshoax
Hungarian álhír
  • álhírhoax
Korean 가짜뉴스
  • 가짜뉴스 (gajjanyuseu)hoax
Spanish noticia falsa, noticia falseada
  • noticia falsahoax
  • noticia falseadahoax
Cite this entry
APA

fake news. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fake%20news

MLA

“fake news.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fake%20news. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fake news,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fake%20news.

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