counterknowledge

Misinformation packaged to look like fact.

Noun

  1. Misinformation packaged to look like fact.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English knowledge English counterknowledge From counter- + knowledge.

Synonyms

alternative facts