myth-information
/ˌmɪθɪnfəˈmeɪʃn/Chiefly North American
noun
Information which is widely held to be true but which is in fact flawed or unsubstantiated; common knowledge based on hearsay rather than fact.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Science. From myth + information, probably punningly after misinformation.
- multiple-phase
- multiplepoinding
- multiple point
- multiple pregnancy
- multiple resistance
- multiple-resistant
- multiple rocket launcher
- multiple scattering
- multiple sclerosis
- multiple shift
- multiple shop
- multiple star
- multiple superparticular
- multiple superpartient
- multiple switchboard
- multiplet
- multiple tangent
- multiple twin
- multiple unit
- multiple use
- multiple valve
- multiplex
- multiplexer
- multiplexity
- multipliable