Misinformer

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who misinforms.

    "Framing everything as a grand conflict against scheming enemies can feel enormously reassuring. And that’s why perhaps the greatest culprit of our era of misinformation may be, more than any one particular misinformer, the era-defining rise in social polarization."

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"Framing everything as a grand conflict against scheming enemies can feel enormously reassuring. And that’s why perhaps the greatest culprit of our era of misinformation may be, more than any one particular misinformer, the era-defining rise in social polarization."

Etymology

From misinform + -er.

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