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diˌsinforˈmation
Also dis-information.
[f. dis- + information; perh. ad. Russ. dezinformatsiya (1949, in S. I. Ozhegov Slovar′ russkogo yazȳka, allegedly ad. Fr., although F. désinformation is not recorded until 1954 (Quemada, Matériaux (1971) II. 53); cf. misinformation.]
a. The dissemination of deliberately false information, esp. when supplied by a government or its agent to a foreign power or to the media, with the intention of influencing the policies or opinions of those who receive it; false information so supplied. Cf. black propaganda s.v. black a. 19 a; propaganda 3.
1955Times 3 June 6/1 The elimination of every form of propaganda and disinformation, as well as of other forms of conduct which create distrust or in any other way impede the establishment of an atmosphere conducive to constructive international cooperation and to the peaceful coexistence of nations. 1967Observer 10 Dec. 4/4 This works hand in hand with ‘disinformation’, designed to make people believe that Soviet society and Soviet policies are not what they are. 1971Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 9 Aug. 4/10 A former Czechoslovak spy and Government official has given a Senate panel a glimpse into ‘black propaganda’—the art of disinformation. 1975New Republic 30 June 8/1 One technique of the Central Intelligence Agency..is dis-information...The Agency has expensive facilities for producing fake documents and other means for misleading foreigners. 1977‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy i. 35 Only those at the inmost point saw things differently. To them, old Craw's article was a discreet masterpiece of disinformation. 1984Daily Tel. 9 Oct. 9/2 It is Sir James' position that..the Soviets made a conscious decision to seek to discredit the West German politician..and mounted a campaign of defamation, disinformation and provocation against him.
b. attrib.
1967Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 26 Nov. 3/4 The CIA claims the disinformation department [of the KGB] was established in 1959. 1975Economist 9 Aug. 36/2 Alternatively, the episode could be a ‘disinformation’ exercise, designed to draw attention to the methods of Chile's security services. 1977Washington Post 6 Mar. a14/4 The US embassy said today that it was ‘a classical disinformation piece laced with slander and innuendo and as such unworthy of further comment at this time’. 1979Daily Tel. 23 July 5/4 Disinformation campaigns to deceive Western opinion. 1983Listener 1 Sept. 24/1 He surveyed the range of surveillance and disinformation technology which modern technology has placed in the hands of governments.
Hence (as a back-formation) disinˈform v. trans., to supply with false information.
1978Guardian Weekly 30 July 13 Advocates of the change say..that foreign intelligence services today are increasingly using so-called influencing agents for subverting, deceiving and disinforming French public opinion. 1980de Borchgrave & Moss The Spike 85 He had proved a willing collaborator in their efforts to disinform the American press. |
