misinforms
Tells untrue things
Misinforms means gives someone false or inaccurate information: The brochure misinforms readers about the product's safety record.
The word implies the information is wrong, though not necessarily that the speaker intends to deceive—one can misinform through ignorance as easily as through malice.
Causes false belief
- liesDeliberate untruths
- fabricatesCreates falsely or manufactures
- distortsMisrepresents or deforms
- falsifiesAlters to deceive
misrepresents · dupes · hoodwinks · beguiles · manipulates · dissembles · prevaricates · equivocates
Rapid rotation around axis
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- agitpropPolitical art for causes
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
bias · sensationalism · psyops · mythmaking · pseudoscience · fearmongering · distortion · state-controlled
Informal talk spreading rumors
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
- whispersSpeaks very quietly
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- grapevineInformal gossip network
scuttlebutt · tittle-tattle · buzz · innuendo · chatter · rumormonger · spreads · circulates
Lack of precision
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
- untruthA false statement
- misstatementIncorrect assertion of fact
distortion · exaggeration · fallacy · myth · fib · half-truth · misquotes · garbles
misleads
Causes false belief
- liesDeliberate untruths
- fabricatesCreates falsely or manufactures
- distortsMisrepresents or deforms
falsifies · misrepresents · dupes · hoodwinks · beguiles · manipulates · dissembles · prevaricates · equivocates · obfuscates
spin
Rapid rotation around axis
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- agitpropPolitical art for causes
manipulation · bias · sensationalism · psyops · mythmaking · pseudoscience · fearmongering · distortion · state-controlled · censorship
gossip
Informal talk spreading rumors
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
- whispersSpeaks very quietly
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
grapevine · scuttlebutt · tittle-tattle · buzz · innuendo · chatter · rumormonger · spreads · circulates · viral
inaccuracy
Lack of precision
misstatement · distortion · exaggeration · fallacy · myth · fib · half-truth · misquotes · garbles · confuses
misinformsinforms
Communicates facts to
educates · enlightens · corrects · sets straight · shows
misinformsenlightens
Imparts knowledge or insight
disabuses · educates · clarifies · elucidates · illuminates
- misinformation campaignsOrganized spreading of falsehoods
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