Red Herring
nounid
118450·updated May 18, 2026verified
any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
polysemousMWE
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- preliminary prospectussmoked herring
- plural
- Red Herrings
- possessive
- Red Herring's
- pluralpossessive
- Red Herrings'
Framework definitions
- §1
- any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
- §2
- a first draft of a prospectus
- §3
- a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color
- §1 · legacy_primary
- any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issueDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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