False information that is intended to mislead, especially propaganda issued by a government organization to a rival power or the media.
- It is their sneaky methods, of propaganda, disinformation and manipulation of intelligence.
- I navigate my way through the morass of information and disinformation.
- Language, the use of words, and how information and disinformation is handled, can be crucial to the twists and turns of history.
1950s: formed on the pattern of Russian dezinformatsiya.
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