单词 | rebunk |
释义 | rebunkv. transitive. To reaffirm the truth or credence of (a statement, idea, etc., which has been debunked). Also: to restore the reputation of or regard for (a person who has been debunked).In quot. 1933: to make (a person) believe new or different bunk. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > gain credit by [verb (transitive)] > restore a person's reputation reworship1562 unscandalize1781 rebunk1933 1933 F. H. Simonds A B C of War Debts v. 51 What..is the practical use of trying to debunk the public about payments in money, only to rebunk them about payment in trade? 1943 Jrnl. Philos. 40 666 A reckless neo-romanticism, intent upon ‘re-bunking’ American history by the shoddy techniques of advertising. 1962 K. E. Boulding Confl. & Def. vi. 121 Things get debunked on which great social systems depend, and cannot ever be rebunked. 1962 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 May 341/1 Mr. Swanberg sets out neither to debunk nor to rebunk ‘the Chief’, but to describe him..as a social and political phenomenon. 2002 L. Nakamura Cybertypes iii. 68 The fictions of cyberpunk are rebunking or reinforcing the notion of race as an essential category. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1933 |
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