"debunking" in the noun sense
1. repudiation, debunking
the exposure of falseness or pretensions
"the debunking of religion has been too successful"
"debunking" in the verb sense
1. debunk, expose
expose while ridiculing especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
"The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"
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