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Disinformation for atheist lawyer (10)

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I believe the answer is:

propaganda

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'disinformation' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'for atheist lawyer' is the wordplay.
'for' becomes 'pro' (as in being 'pro' something).
'atheist' becomes 'pagan' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'lawyer' becomes 'da' (abbreviation for District Attorney).
'pro'+'pagan'+'da'='PROPAGANDA'

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(Other definitions for propaganda that I've seen before include "Indoctrination" , "Organised spreading of information or rumour" , "Politically biased information" , "organised spread of information" , "'Spin'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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