misinformationn.
/ˌmɪsɪnfəˈmeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪsᵻnfərˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The action of misinforming someone; the condition of being misinformed.
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society > communication > information > [noun] > misinformation
misinformation1587
bum steer1898
urban legend1931
myth-information1966
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > [noun] > act of giving
misrehearsal1472
misreportinga1513
misrelation1541
misreciting1572
misinformation1587
misrelating1625
misstating1643
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1009/1 A..riuer, which the Britons called Isk; Ptolomeus by misinformation nameth it Isaca.
1654 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) II. 60 I must now contradict..what by Lt Gen. Middleton's very unkind and unfriendly misinformation I mistold you in my last.
1668 Earl of Clarendon Vindic. in Tracts (1727) 37 Either by misinformation or negligence of the clerk..the county of Warwick was inserted.
1707 Boston News-let. 7 Apr. 2/2 In our last, thro' misinformation, 'twas not Ellery that arrived at Nantasket but Mason.
1756 S. Johnson Mem. King of Prussia in Lit. Mag. Nov.–Dec. 383 He declares himself..against the use of torture, and by some misinformation charges the English that they still retain it.
1800 W. Hunter in Asiatick Researches 6 72 By the misinformation of our guides, we were led to Amergurh.
1861 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism v. 85 Courts of law allow voluntary engagements to be set aside..sometimes on the ground of mere mistake, or misinformation.
1983 Which? Sept. 392/2 Among the 14 members who'd had transplants done, the most common complaint was misinformation.
2. Wrong or misleading information.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > [noun]
falsity1557
misinformation1605
misintelligencea1686
1605 A. Warren Poverties Patience in Poore Mans Passions sig. F2v Syrens harmonious Sonnets sounding sweete Send no misinformation to their minde.
1623 State Papers Earl of Melrose (1837) II. 539 Incaice misinformatioun of our procedours cuim to your majestie.
a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 262 According to the common misinformation, which the Romans had concerning the Jews.
1743 T. Birch Life Boyle in R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. p. cvi Not only our weather-glasses, but likewise our senses, may give us misinformation about cold.
a1784 T. Jefferson in Papers (1953) VII. 540 These friends I know to be so well disposed towards America..have enquired into the source of all this misinformation.
1846 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers 22 Aug. (1884) III Lord George is again under some misinformation.
1896 C. G. D. Roberts Forge in Forest xvi. 210 Fate did presently so take our affairs into her own hands, that Grûl's misinformation affected the end not at all.
1901 R. Kipling Kim vii. 163 He was, by virtue of his office, a bureau of misinformation.
1921 Sat. Westm. Gaz. 26 Aug. 9/2 We are..concerned with abnormally ill-written books, books full of misinformation, books violently pretentious [etc.].
1990 Eng. Today July 49/1 He..observes that under the guise of presenting information, today's message-makers also offer misinformation, disinformation, even anti-information or semi-information.
3. An instance of misinformation (sense 1); an item of misinformation (sense 2).
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > [noun] > instance of
shepherd's calendar1506
misreport1530
misrecital1539
misinformation?1615
missaying1650
Plinyism1693
misstatement1790
?1615 State Papers Earl of Melrose (1837) I. 193 If his maiestie..put not the authors to the pruif of thair misinformations.
1627 Lorne in J. Willcock Great Marquess (1903) App. iii. 355 Whom they have incensed agains me by their misinformations.
a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) II. 407 A misinformation of those that waited in his sicknes.
1786 T. Jefferson Let. 7 Dec. in Papers (1954) X. 580 It said that Congress removed to Hartford. But this is a misinformation.
1936 Speculum 11 191 A section of this chapter..is perhaps the part..least honeycombed with misstatements and misinformations.
1958 J. Kerouac Let. 4 Aug. in Sel. Lett. 1957–69 (1999) 146 I rejoice in that and let the slanders and misinformations go by the board.
1992 New Scientist 21 Nov. 45/1 The downside of this book is the American bias.., the rather confusing divisions.., and the occasional misinformation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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