misinformative
Spreading false data
Misinformative describes something that spreads false or misleading information: The article was widely criticized as misinformative.
The word functions as the adjective form of misinformation, parallel to how informative relates to information.
Something misinformative may be intentionally deceptive or simply inaccurate.
Causing false beliefs
- dishonestInclined to deceive
- deceitfulInclined to mislead others
- untruthfulNot speaking facts
- fraudulentInvolving intentional dishonesty
spurious · bogus · phony · duplicitous · sham · insincere · disingenuous · specious
A false statement
- falsityState of being incorrect
- lieDeliberate falsehood
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- fallacyError in reasoning
fiction · myth · canard · hoax · prevarication · fable · misstatement · tall tale
Systematic uncritical belief instillation
- agitpropPolitical art for causes
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- spinRapid rotation around axis
- demagogueryManipulative political rhetoric
sensationalism · fearmongering · yellow journalism · rumormongering · mythmaking · tabloidization · incitement · pseudoscience
Rapid rotation around axis
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- slantOblique angle or bias
- twistingRotating with distortion
- distortionTwisting from original state
falsification · doctoring · embellishment · exaggeration · skewing · cherry-picking · framing · selective editing
Fault in communication
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- incorrectnessState of being wrong
- imprecisionLack of exactness
- inexactitudeState of being approximate
misstatement · misreport · distortion · misinterpretation · discrepancy · misquotation · misrepresentation · erratum
misleading
Causing false beliefs
- dishonestInclined to deceive
- deceitfulInclined to mislead others
- untruthfulNot speaking facts
fraudulent · spurious · bogus · phony · duplicitous · sham · insincere · disingenuous · specious · fallacious
untruth
A false statement
- falsityState of being incorrect
- lieDeliberate falsehood
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
fallacy · fiction · myth · canard · hoax · prevarication · fable · misstatement · tall tale · whopper
indoctrination
Systematic uncritical belief instillation
- agitpropPolitical art for causes
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- spinRapid rotation around axis
demagoguery · sensationalism · fearmongering · yellow journalism · rumormongering · mythmaking · tabloidization · incitement · pseudoscience · conspiracy theory
spin
Rapid rotation around axis
distortion · falsification · doctoring · embellishment · exaggeration · skewing · cherry-picking · framing · selective editing · tendentiousness
error
Fault in communication
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- incorrectnessState of being wrong
- imprecisionLack of exactness
inexactitude · misstatement · misreport · distortion · misinterpretation · discrepancy · misquotation · misrepresentation · erratum · factual error
misinformativeenlightening
Providing new understanding
educational · edifying · instructive · illuminating · clarifying
- misinformation campaignsOrganized spreading of falsehoods