misleading propaganda
- noun
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propaganda engañosa
- During the election, many voters were influenced by misleading propaganda that exaggerated the candidates' positions.
Examples
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Describing it as at or near Ground Zero is completely misleading propaganda.
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The article was filled with misleading propaganda that distorted the truth about the event.
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The documentary aimed to expose the misleading propaganda used by companies to misinform the public.
Synonyms
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6.2
Information spread on purpose to many people to help some people or hurt others
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An action that makes someone believe something not true
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5.8
A report or statement that gives a false picture of the truth
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6.8
Information people spread on purpose to deceive others
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6.5
A false story made to trick people
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7.5
A statement that gives false information about something
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7.4
Actions that hide the truth by making things look better
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A false story that people tell to make others believe something untrue
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Use of clever but false arguments to trick people
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False or misleading news stories that try to trick people
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An attempt to hide bad facts to make something seem better
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News that is false or misleading and meant to change people's opinions
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Talk that tries to trick people with false statements
A practice of spreading biased information to make people accept certain ideas
Words or actions that try to trick people into thinking things are better than they are
Antonyms
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents are semantically transparent: 'misleading' signals creating a false impression and 'propaganda' denotes information spread to influence others. A B1 learner who knows these words can readily infer that 'misleading propaganda' means information circulated to deceive or give a false impression; this compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically.
Etymology
Misleading propaganda combines propaganda, meaning organized messages a group sends out with posters, leaflets, or loudspeakers, and misleading, meaning giving the wrong idea. Picture a loudspeaker repeating a false story to many people; that image shows why the phrase means 'information spread to deceive'.