debunking
present participle ofdebunk
| 单词 | debunking |
| 释义 | debunking present participle ofdebunk debunk verb[T] informaluk/ˌdiːˈbʌŋk/us/ˌdiːˈbʌŋk/to show that something is lessimportant, less good, or lesstruethan it has been made toappear: The writer'saimwas to debunk themyththat hadgrownup around theactress. Synonym expose Denying & contradicting
Examplesofdebunkingdebunking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Debunkingand replacing such theories may clarify legal thought by reminding us that we really know better. From theCambridge English Corpus The linear continuum of transitional residences :debunkingthe myth. From theCambridge English Corpus The alternative, he insists, is liberalism; afterdebunkingthe liberal interpretation, he celebrates its values. From theCambridge English Corpus Somedebunkingexperiment was not, in itself, grounds to get rid of anything. From theCambridge English Corpus Thedebunkingof myths does not explain the evolving meaning of the war for either its survivors or for subsequent generations. From theCambridge English Corpus Both the 'debunking' tradition and post-colonialism exhibit a strong tendency to envision the past in starkly dichotomous terms. From theCambridge English Corpus Second, it eschews the quantitative research orientation of positive accounting studies, even though such studies have a certaindebunkingmission of their own. From theCambridge English Corpus That too was a myth that neededdebunking. From theCambridge English Corpus This might indeed help to understand better the inner tension, in the second family of models, between its descriptive and its "debunking" (clearly "evaluative") attitude. From theCambridge English Corpus Any analytic deconstruction of a concept offers a species of cheapdebunkingif read in a crude and unreflective fashion. From theCambridge English Corpus The analysis of declinism is thus not merely an exercise indebunking. From theCambridge English Corpus The main instructive value of seeking knowledge of ageing is the potential it offers for facilitating an untried and vanguard experiment in unlearning anddebunking. From theCambridge English Corpus In the process, he, too, performs a thoroughdebunkingof creationist dogma. From theCambridge English Corpus His topic was the interaction of ions with aerodynamic flows, with the first portion of the talk devoted todebunkingproposed methods for eliminating sonic boom by electrohydrodynamic techniques. From theCambridge English Corpus And on a more practical level, who does own the past, and what does the stance ofdebunkingcontinuity imply for struggles over the material remains of history? From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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