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verb
- 1. expose the falseness or hollowness of (an idea or belief): "she debunks all the usual rubbish about acting"
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DEBUNK definition: 1. to show that something is less important, less good, or less true than it has been made to…. Learn more.
to show that something is less important, less good, or less true than it has been made to appear: debunk a myth The writer's aim was to debunk the myth that had grown up around the actress. Synonym. expose. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Denying & contradicting. abnegate. abnegation. breath. burst someone's bubble idiom.
Debunk has been in use since at least the 1920s, and it contrasts with synonyms like disprove and rebut by suggesting that something is not merely untrue but is also a sham—a trick meant to deceive. One can simply disprove a myth, but if it is debunked, the implication is that the myth was a grossly exaggerated or foolish claim.
to show that something is less important, less good, or less true than it has been made to appear: The writer's aim was to debunk the myth that had grown up around the actress. Synonym. expose. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Denying & contradicting. abnegate. abnegation. apparently. breath. bubble. burst someone's bubble idiom.
To debunk something is to prove it wrong. The idea that music education is frivolous and should be the first item cut from the budget is something that music teachers work hard to debunk — in fact, they've done it by proving that students perform better in schools with strong music programs.
Debunk definition: to expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated. See examples of DEBUNK used in a sentence.
Define debunk. debunk synonyms, debunk pronunciation, debunk translation, English dictionary definition of debunk. tr.v. de·bunked , de·bunk·ing , de·bunks To expose or ridicule the falseness, sham, or exaggerated claims of: debunk a supposed miracle drug.
Definition of 'debunk' Word Frequency. debunk. (diːbʌŋk ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense debunks , present participle debunking , past tense, past participle debunked. verb. If you debunk a widely held belief, you show that it is false.
debunk something to show that an idea, a belief, etc. is false; to show that something is not as good as people think it is. His theories have been debunked by recent research. Let’s start by debunking a few myths. She attempts to debunk unrealistic expectations about marriage.
Definition of debunk verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
