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disinform

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Disinform (verb) means to deliberately give someone false or misleading information.

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To deliberately give someone false or misleading information.
"The relationship between memory as lived and history as documented is always a complex dialogue — each informing, and disinforming, the other." — , Of Memory and Israel (2009)
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A back-formation from disinformation; equivalent to dis- plus inform.

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What is the meaning of disinform?
"disinform" (verb) means to deliberately give someone false or misleading information.
What is the opposite of disinform?
The opposite of "disinform" is inform.

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