debunking
/dɪˈbʌŋkɪŋ/
verb
- To expose the falseness or exaggeration of a claim, belief, or idea.
- Teachers should debunk common misconceptions about science in class.
- Historians often debunk legends that have no factual basis.
- The journalist worked hard to debunk the rumor before it spread further.
noun
- The act of exposing something as false, exaggerated, or not true.
- The scientist's debunking of the myth took years of research.
- The article is a careful debunking of popular health fads.
- Her debunking of the conspiracy theory was shared widely online.