misinformer

English

Etymology

From misinform +‎ -er.

Noun

misinformer (plural misinformers)

1. One who misinforms.

   Synonym: misinformant

   • 2021 May 7, Max Fisher, “‘Belonging Is Stronger Than Facts’: The Age of Misinformation”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 August 2021:

     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.

Further reading

• “misinformer”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “misinformer, misinformant”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.