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DEBUNKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does debunking mean?
• DEBUNKING (noun)
The noun DEBUNKING has 1 sense:
1. the exposure of falseness or pretensions
Familiarity information: DEBUNKING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The exposure of falseness or pretensions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
debunking; repudiation
Context example:
the debunking of religion has been too successful
Hypernyms ("debunking" is a kind of...):
exposure (presentation to view in an open or public manner)
Derivation:
debunk (expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas)
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