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单词 rebunking
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rebunkingn.

Brit. /(ˌ)riːˈbʌŋkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌriˈbəŋkɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix; rebunk v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: Originally < re- prefix + -bunking (in debunking n. and adj. at debunk v. Derivatives). In later use partly also < rebunk v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of rebunk v.; an instance of this.
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1930 R. Rothschild Paradoxy 1 The debunking process is often no more than a rebunking, whereby we merely dedicate ourselves to a new shibboleth.
1940 Amer. Econ. Rev. 30 273 I doubt very much whether Karl Marx, who after all was a very learned man, would have enjoyed this ‘rebunking’ of history.
1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 May 291/4 We live in an age of rebunking, when it has become fashionable once more to take the Victorians almost as solemnly as they took themselves.
1987 Times 13 Jan. 16 A memorial service..will provide the opportunity for rebunking.
1992 C. Paglia Sex, Art & Amer. Culture 123 I proceed not by the cynical Stracheyan debunking of modern disillusion but by a rebunking.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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