🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

desinformação

Pronunciation / Transliteration: desinformacao

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
misinformation/ˌmɪsɪnfəˈmeɪʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A desinformación é um perigo para a democracia."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    False or inaccurate information that is spread, regardless of whether there is intent to deceive.

    "The internet is often used to spread misinformation about public health."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late 16th century: from medieval Latin misinformatio-, from the verb misinform, on the pattern of formation from inform.

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