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MISINFORMATION Synonyms

There are 15 synonyms of the word misinformation. (exact relations)
There are 2 hypernyms of the word misinformation. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for MISINFORMATION

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deceit
nounn
noun

• the quality of being fraudulent

• a misleading falsehood

• the act of deceiving

deception
nounn
noun

• a misleading falsehood

• the act of deceiving

• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

disinformation
nounn
noun

• misinformation that is deliberately disseminated in order to influence or confuse rivals (foreign enemies or business competitors etc.)

distortion
nounn
noun

• a change for the worse

• a shape resulting from distortion

• an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

• a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)

• the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

• the mistake of misrepresenting the facts

fabrication
nounn
noun

• a deliberately false or improbable account

• writing in a fictional form

• the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

• the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

• the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

fallacy
nounn
noun

• a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

falsehood
nounn
noun

• a false statement

• the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting

falsity
nounn
noun

• the state of being false or untrue

• a false statement

fiction
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

• a deliberately false or improbable account

inaccuracy
nounn
noun

• the quality of being inaccurate and having errors

misrepresentation
nounn
noun

• a misleading falsehood

• a willful perversion of facts

myth
nounn
noun

• a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

untruth
nounn
noun

• a false statement

misreporting
nounn
verb

• To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of.

noun

• Incorrect reporting

mythomania
nounn
noun

• A compulsion to tell lies and exaggerate the truth.

Best Hypernyms For MISINFORMATION

Here is a list of related hypernyms for misinformation, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
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Alternatives for DECEIT

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