Synonyms of disinformation

disinformation

noun

as in propaganda

Related Words

• propaganda
• intimation
• hint
• rumbling
• scandal
• whisper
• whispering
• hearsay
• rumor
• tale
• urban legend
• noise
• gossip
• report
• dirt
• talk
• dish
• buzz
• scuttlebutt
• word
• tattle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disinformation

Independent tech researchers who are working to understand the risks posed by online platforms to children and society—including the dissemination of disinformation and antisemitism—must not be punished for doing so. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026

Within days of Grant's death, people invested in vaccine disinformation claimed the COVID shot had killed him. — Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 13 July 2026

Corbé said the broadcaster’s editorial priorities would remain grounded in reporting and fact-checking amid growing distrust, disinformation and political polarization. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 July 2026

And yet for God’s sake, just look at the man—at his dispiriting attempts at humor, his weirdly off-putting outfits, his incessant posting of banalities and faux profundities and extreme-right disinformation on social media. — Mark O’Connell, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026

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