debunking

Meanings

Plural: debunkings

Noun

• the exposure of falseness or pretensions
  • "the debunking of religion has been too successful"
• The act of showing something to be false (or bunkum)

Verb

• expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
• present participle and gerund of debunk

Synonyms

debunk, expose, repudiation