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US
/dɪˈbəŋkɪŋ/
]
[ UK /diːbˈʌnkɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /diːbˈʌnkɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
-
the exposure of falseness or pretensions
the debunking of religion has been too successful
How To Use debunking In A Sentence
- The hominoid (please note, not hominid) body, found in the Georgia woods, is now in a secure location, under armed guard, and set to be examined by a battery of academic scholars, skeptical scientists, Bigfoot researchers, and debunking writers. Boing Boing
- All told, an evening that deromanticises Ibsen without debunking him and that offers vital proof as to why we still need the international festival.
- Dean has also authored or co-authored any number of papers debunking astrology.
- The story of the purchase of Sarah's burial plot is comedy, and comedy frequently takes delight in debunking heroes.
- Dr Marshall places Knox in his context and cuts him down to size without debunking him or letting him be effaced by the tumult of his times.
- She then does an apt job of debunking his claim that she ripped off his comments by using the word "convergence. Arianna wins in a knockout
- She succeeded in portraying truthfully - without debunking, but also without hagiology - good men and women.
- The major portion of this book is dedicated to debunking beliefs in astrology, superstition and New Age beliefs.
- (Wood had read H.L. Mencken's debunking of the American "booboisie" and, for a time, agreed with it.) American Idol
- I wanted to take a moment to say thank you, both for your much-needed educational foundation and for your dedicated work debunking scam artists and frauds.