debunker
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- noun
- /dɪˈbʌŋkər/
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desmitificador
- Sometimes the debunkers are deeply invested in their egos and paychecks.
So it's not like it's just the debunkers, the skeptics that have that attitude.
- So it's not like it's just the debunkers, the skeptics that have that attitude.
- I don't, I'm, I think I need more convincing evidence before I make that giant leap debunkers are saying about it.
Examples
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So the UFO debunker says there's no proof aliens exist.
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Robert Altman was a debunker, but of a certain sly sort.
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And the first debunker appeared.
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And yet Hobbes is a great debunker of human pride.
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After all, you are the greatest debunker of fake spiritualists in the world.
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It's rather more difficult to become a skillful, yet compassionate, debunker of poor logic and bad reasoning.
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He is a famed debunker of the paranormal.
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The framing story itself is an attempt by a famed debunker to get to the heart of the myth of Kvothe.
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Being a smartass is easy; it's rather more difficult to become a skillful, yet compassionate, debunker of poor logic and bad reasoning.
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He is known as a leading debunker of popular myths about nutrition.
Synonyms
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4.3
A person or team who tests if common stories and beliefs are true
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A person who shows an idea or argument is wrong with evidence
A person who uses evidence to show that an idea or claim is wrong
A person who proves an argument wrong by giving evidence
A person who shows that ideas many people believe are wrong
A person who says no to an idea or decision
How Revealing
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- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Debunker comes from the verb debunk, where de- means 'remove' and bunk means 'nonsense'. So a debunker is someone who 'removes nonsense' by showing claims or ideas are not true.