"liar's dividend" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: liar's dividends [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} liar's dividend (plural liar's dividends)
  1. The benefit received by those spreading false information, whereby it becomes unclear what is true and what is not.
    Sense id: en-liar's_dividend-en-noun-Bxp3OY-V
  2. The benefit received by legitimizing debate about a lie by repeating it.
    Sense id: en-liar's_dividend-en-noun-q36GjQau Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66
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