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misinformation

noun
/ˌmɪs.ɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/UK/ˌmɪs.ɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/US/ˌmɪs.ɪn.fəˈmæɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From mis- + information.

  1. derived from īnfōrmātiō
  2. derived from information
  3. derived from informacioun
  4. inherited from enformacioun
  5. prefixed as misinformation — “mis- + information”

Definitions

  1. Information that is incorrect, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

    • spread misinformation on the internet
    • My intent is not to criticize an unpublished biology paper, but only to demonstrate the ease with which misinformation can creep into popular literature.
    • The Panther Moderns allowed four minutes for their first move to take effect, then injected a second carefully prepared dose of misinformation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for misinformation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA