disinforming
Deliberately misleading others
Disinforming is deliberately spreading false or misleading information, typically to deceive or manipulate: Foreign actors were disinforming voters through social media.
The word emphasizes intentional deception rather than innocent error—you can misinform someone by accident, but disinforming implies purpose.
Biased information for influence
- agitpropPolitical art for causes
- psyopsStrategic manipulation of adversaries' thinking
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
spin · newspeak · yellow journalism · censorship · whitewash · manipulation · mythmaking · persuasion
Convey false details
- deceiveCause false belief
- misleadCause false belief
- fabricateInvent or manufacture
- falsifyDistort the truth
distort · misrepresent · manipulate · dupe · hoodwink · bamboozle · delude · beguile
Not the real thing
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- fabricatedInvented, not real
- fraudulentInvolving intentional dishonesty
- bogusCounterfeit or fraudulent
phony · sham · spurious · forged · doctored · altered · falsified · inauthentic
propaganda
Biased information for influence
- agitpropPolitical art for causes
- psyopsStrategic manipulation of adversaries' thinking
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
indoctrination · spin · newspeak · yellow journalism · censorship · whitewash · manipulation · mythmaking · persuasion · subversion
misinform
Convey false details
falsify · distort · misrepresent · manipulate · dupe · hoodwink · bamboozle · delude · beguile · misdirect
fake
Not the real thing
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- fabricatedInvented, not real
- fraudulentInvolving intentional dishonesty
bogus · phony · sham · spurious · forged · doctored · altered · falsified · inauthentic · ersatz
disinforminginforming
Conveying facts to another
telling the truth · educating · enlightening · being honest · disclosing
disinformingenlightening
Providing new understanding
educating · illuminating · edifying · disabusing · debunking
inform, information, misinformation, uninformed, informing, misinformed, disinformation, uninformative, miseducation