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An inaccurate statement or statistic believed to be true because of broad repetition,…An inaccurate statement or statistic believed to be true because of broad repetition, especially if cited in the media.

/ˈfæk.tɔɪd/

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An inaccurate statement or statistic believed to be true because of broad repetition, especially if cited in the media.
Faktoid
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(США)An interesting item of trivia; a minor fact.

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a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item
something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print

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Русский

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inaccurate statement believed to be true:

Deutsch

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inaccurate statement believed to be true:

Походження

From fact + -oid (“similar, but not the same”); coined by American writer Norman Mailer in

From fact + -oid (“similar, but not the same”); coined by American writer Norman Mailer in 1973 in Marilyn: A Biography, defined as "facts which have no existence before appearing in a magazine or newspaper, creations which are not so much lies as a product to manipulate emotion in the Silent Majority".

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