disinform

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Etymology[edit]

Back-formation from disinformation, equivalent to dis- +‎ inform.

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disinform (third-person singular simple present disinforms, present participle disinforming, simple past and past participle disinformed)

  1. (transitive) To supply with disinformation.
    • 2009 May 25, “Of Memory and Israel”, in New York Times[1]:
      The relationship between memory as lived and history as documented is always a complex dialogue — each informing, and disinforming, the other.

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