CEFR C1

disinformation

noun

Meaning

disinformation means intentionally false information disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The article uses disinformation to mean intentionally false information disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead.
The teacher asked students to find disinformation in the reading.

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disinformation (C1)

noun

Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsɪnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/

Definition

Examples

The article uses disinformation to mean intentionally false information disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead.
The teacher asked students to find disinformation in the reading.
Check the words around disinformation to choose the right meaning.

How to Use disinformation

a/the disinformation (noun pattern): Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — "The article mentioned a disinformation."
disinformation in context (usage pattern): Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — "We checked disinformation in context before translating it."

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