Definition of Debunking

1. Noun. The exposure of falseness or pretensions. "The debunking of religion has been too successful"

Exact synonyms: Repudiation
Generic synonyms: Exposure
Derivative terms: Debunk, Repudiate

Definition of Debunking

1. Verb. (present participle of debunk) ¹

2. Noun. The act of showing something to be false (or bunkum) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Debunking

1. debunk [v] - See also: debunk

Lexicographical Neighbors of Debunking

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Literary usage of Debunking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Self-Neglect Among the Elderly: Maintaining Continuity of Self by Susanna D. Bozinovski (1998)
"At the other end of the constructionist approach continuum is what Best (1989) calls ' debunking. ' He suggests that ' debunking ' is the crudest form of ..."

2. Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups by Harvey Daniels (2002)
"debunking the old school of the so-called New Critics, she insisted that there is no one correct interpretation of a literary work, but multiple ..."

3. Dilemmas of Independence: Ukraine After Totalitarianism by Alexander J. Motyl (1993)
"But everything changed when Gorbachev relentlessly encouraged the debunking of the past in order to discredit his political opponents and to assert his own ..."

4. One America Indivisible: A National Conversation on American Pluralism and by Sheldon Hackney (1999)
""Fragmentation is the way of a thorough debunking of the political correctness threat, see John K. Wilson, The Myth of Political Correctness ..."

5. The Roswell Report: Fact Vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desertby Richard L. Weaver by Richard L. Weaver (1997)
"While I might accurately anticipate some negative reactions to all this information (continued debunking) in the letter, I would nevertheless value your ..."

6. The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa: Forced Consensus? by Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Michael Osita Ogbu, Ha-Joon Chang (2004)
"One myth that needs debunking is that the bank-based financial system that has dominated the East Asian and European countries with active SIT policies is ..."

7. Community-based Interventions For Smokers: The Commit Field Experience by Beti Thompson, David M. Burns, William R. Lynn, Donald Shopland (2004)
"... G., Ossip-Klein, D. debunking myths about self- quitting: Evidence from 10 prospective studies of persons who attempt to quit smoking by themselves. ..."

8. The Digital Work Force: Building Infotech Skills at the Speed of Innovation by Carol A. Meares (2000)
"See also Norman Matloff, "debunking the Myth of a Desperate Software Labor Shortage," testimony before the US House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on ..."

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