謬びゅう伝でん

noun

false report; erroneous rumor

Formal or literary term for a mistaken or fabricated report or rumor. Rare in everyday speech; more common alternatives include 誤報 (gohō) for false news reports and デマ (dema) for rumors.

• その記き事じは全まったくの謬伝であり、事じ実じつに基もとづいていない。

  That article is a complete false report and is not based on facts.

• 彼かれの死しを伝つたえるニュースは謬伝だった。

  The news reporting his death was an erroneous rumor.